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Bullets Over Hollywood [electronic resource]

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<div>A lively history of gangsters in American film and an insightful look at why we love them</div>

Title Bullets Over Hollywood [electronic resource] : The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To ""The Sopranos""
Edition 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publisher New York : Da Capo Press
Creation Date 2009
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes filmography (p. 264-300).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-313) and index.
English
Content COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
DEDICATION
PROLOGUE: GUNSLINGERS TO GANGSTERS
HEIR TO THE WESTERN
CROSSBREEDS AND RETREADS
CHANGING LANDSCAPE
THE TOMMY GUN AND THE POISONED CUP
THE KINGS OF THE UNDERWORLD
THE GANGSTER OUTLAWS
THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY
THE SAGA CONTINUES
PART ONE: THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE
1: MEAN STREETS
FATHER OF FILM
CROSSCUTTING AND DARK DOINGS
"THE GANGSTER EVIL"
ON THE BOWERY
TRUST THE TALE
2: ARCHETYPES
BACK ALLEY BOYS
MOB RULE
MOUTHPIECES
3: THE MOBSTER OF A THOUSAND FACES
A GENIUS FOR MAKEUP
THE PENALTY
THE CHANEY-BROWNING GANG
GANGLAND SOUP
VIOLENCE AND VENTRILOQUISMLIMEHOUSE BLUES
CHANEY UNMASKED
THE GANGSTER DEFINED
4: A LANDSCAPE OF NIGHT AND SHADE
THE SUN NEVER RISES
SALVATION HUNTER
"SHAKESPEARE OF THE MOVIES"
A GALA OF BOOZE AND BROADS
THE DRAGNET
YOU AIN'T HEARD NOTHIN' YET
5: MOLLS, TWISTS, BABES, AND B GIRLS
LADIES OF THE PAVEMENT
THEIR KIND OF TOWN
LOVE AND BULLETS
NOIR BABES
PANDORA'S BOX
PART TWO: THE HOODS
6: THE SHAME OF A NATION
BOSS OF BOSSES
POET LAUREATE OF THE AMERICAN GANGSTER FILM
GUTTER MACBETH
BIG FELLAS
7: THE GREEN-EYED MOBSTER
DRESSED TO KILL
"MOTHER OF MERCY, IS THIS THE END OF RICO?"VARIATIONS ON A RICO THEME
8: "MADE IT, MA! TOP O' THE WORLD!"
THE BIG SWITCH
KILLER INSTINCT
"IT DIDN'T FIT"
GOING STRAIGHT
BAD TO THE BONE
MUG TO END ALL MUGS
DIRTY RATS
LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS
"LADY, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME"
"YOU THINK I'M FUNNY?"
9: BUSTIN' OUT
FOLK HERO
SON OF PRIVILEGE
FILM NOIR
"YOUR HEAD ALWAYS LOSES"
CURTAINS
"YOU MOVE FAST, BUT THINK SLOW"
A GOOD THING FOR A BAD MAN
PART THREE: THE FAMILY
10: ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW YORK
AMERICAN EAGLE
PAY OR DIE
MURDER, INCORPORATED
"NEVER RAT ON YOUR FRIENDS"
11: AN OFFER HOLLYWOOD COULDN'T REFUSENOTHING PERSONAL-JUST BUSINESS
THE GODFATHER RIDES AGAIN
EPILOGUE: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
MY LIFE AS A MOVIE
BADA BING
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX I: THE OSCARS
MAJOR AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS* 1927-PRESENT
APPENDIX II: THE AMERICAN GANGSTER PICTURE (FEATURE LENGTH)
A SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY, 1915-PRESENT
NOTES
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
EPILOGUE
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
Extent 1 online resource (415 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997007877001405171
MARC RECORDS
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