| Edition |
1st Da Capo Press ed. |
| Description |
viii, 325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 264-300. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Gangster films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Gangster films. |
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United States. |
| ISBN |
0306813017 |
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