Philip Zwerling: In Search of The Thin Man

Cover: 9781476686578 | In Search of The Thin Man | Philip Zwerling | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

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 by 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.

Über den Autor

Philip Zwerling, now retired to the Mendocino Coast of California, previously taught creative writing at Ursinus College and the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He is the author of seven books on film, theater and history.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1.¿Nick Charles and The Thin Man

2.¿Dashiell Hammett, Acts I and II

3.¿The Thin Man Movie

4.¿William Powell

5.¿Myrna Loy

6.¿The Rest of the Cast and Crew

7.¿The Thin Man and Race

8.¿After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man

9.¿Hammett, Act III

10.¿Three More Thin Man Sequels

11.¿Hammett, Act IV

Epilogue: Who Was the Thin Man?

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Fotografie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781476686578
ISBN-10:	1476686572
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Zwerling, Philip
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Philip Zwerling
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.02.2024
Gewicht:	0,453 kg