Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From the Silents to the Sopranos
Author/Artist/Editor
John McCarty
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2004
Press/Publisher
Da Capo Press
Language
English
Description
A lively history of gangsters in American film and an insightful look at why we love them.
Important Notes
Prologue : Gunslingers to gangsters --
Mean streets --
Archetypes --
The mobster of a thousand faces --
A landscape of night and shade --
Molls, twists, babes, and B girls --
The shame of a nation --
The green-eyed mobster --
"Made it, Ma! Top o' the world!" --
Bustin' out --
Once upon a time in New York --
An offer Hollywood couldn't refuse --
Epilogue : Through the looking glass.
Keywords
Gangsters, movies, silent films, soprano, film
ISSN/ISBN
9780786738755
Availability
Available
OCLC
54931571