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