In search of the Thin Man: Dashiell Hammett, William Powell and the classic film series
"The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture. MGM sold millions of movie tickets casting William Powell and Myrna Loy as this cla...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture. MGM sold millions of movie tickets casting William Powell and Myrna Loy as this classiest of romantic couples. Over 14 years and six films, these stars navigated grave periods of history: the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. The novel and films live on as gems of a unique gritty sophistication. This complete history of The Thin Man series covers the brightest stars, tastiest scandals, headlines and conflicts behind these classic films. With a cast of hundreds, we see Hammett, his lover Lillian Hellman, and their friend Dorothy Parker fight alcoholism, sexual convention and Senator Joe McCarthy in culture wars of eerie contemporaneity"-- |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | vii, 226 Seiten Illustrationen 26 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781476686578 1476686572 |
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| spelling | Zwerling, Philip 1948- Verfasser (DE-588)135948754 aut In search of the Thin Man Dashiell Hammett, William Powell and the classic film series Philip Zwerling Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers [2024] vii, 226 Seiten Illustrationen 26 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index Nick Charles and the Thin Man -- Dashiell Hammett, Acts I and II -- The Thin Man movie -- William Powell -- Myrna Loy -- The rest of the cast and crew -- The Thin Man and race -- After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man -- Hammett, Act III -- Three more Thin Man sequels, Hammett, Act IV -- Epilogue: Who was the Thin Man? "The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture. MGM sold millions of movie tickets casting William Powell and Myrna Loy as this classiest of romantic couples. Over 14 years and six films, these stars navigated grave periods of history: the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. The novel and films live on as gems of a unique gritty sophistication. This complete history of The Thin Man series covers the brightest stars, tastiest scandals, headlines and conflicts behind these classic films. With a cast of hundreds, we see Hammett, his lover Lillian Hellman, and their friend Dorothy Parker fight alcoholism, sexual convention and Senator Joe McCarthy in culture wars of eerie contemporaneity"-- Hammett, Dashiell 1894-1961 The thin man (DE-588)1308395027 gnd rswk-swf Thin Man films Hammett, Dashiell / 1894-1961 / Film adaptations Detective and mystery films / United States / History and criticism Films de détective / États-Unis / Histoire et critique PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective Film criticism Critiques cinématographiques Hammett, Dashiell 1894-1961 The thin man (DE-588)1308395027 u DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-4766-5102-6 |
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