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Dark city dames
the wicked women of film noir
By Muller, Eddie
- ISBN
- 978-0-06039-369-4
- Publisher
- New York : Regan Books, c2001.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2001
Film noir flourished in the late 1940s and early 1950s, a transitional time in Hollywood. The iron grip of the studios was beginning to weaken: television was luring filmgoers away from theaters, audiences were demanding a more honest depiction of life than had been seen on screen in the prewar years, and blacklisting had Hollywood on the run. Muller (Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir) touches on all those elements in this work, which is less...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
