Cornell Woolrich From Pulp Noir To Film Noir
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| Author | : Thomas C. Renzi |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2015-01-24 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786482818 |
Extremely popular and prolific in the 1930s and 1940s, Cornell Woolrich still has diehard fans who thrive on his densely packed descriptions and his spellbinding premises. A contemporary of Hammett and Chandler, he competed with them for notoriety in the pulps and became the single most adapted writer for films of the noir period. Perhaps the most famous film adaptation of a Woolrich story is Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954). Even today, his work is still onscreen; Michael Cristofer's Original Sin (2001) is based on one of his tales. This book offers a detailed analysis of many of Woolrich's novels and short stories; examines films adapted from these works; and shows how Woolrich's techniques and themes influenced the noir genre. Twenty-two stories and 30 films compose the bulk of the study, though many other additions of films noirs are also considered because of their relevance to Woolrich's plots, themes and characters. The introduction includes a biographical sketch of Woolrich and his relationship to the noir era, and the book is illustrated with stills from Woolrich's noir classics.
| Author | : Francis M. Nevins |
| Publisher | : Grand Central Pub |
| Total Pages | : 613 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780892962976 |
Traces the life and career of the American mystery writer, discusses his novels and major short stories, and describes his influence on the film noir genre
| Author | : William Hare |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 223 |
| Release | : 2014-01-10 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786490292 |
During the Great Depression, pulp fiction writers created a new, distinctly American detective story, one that stressed the development of fascinating, often bizarre characters rather than the twists and turns of clever plots. This new crime fiction adapted brilliantly to the screen, birthing a cinematic genre that French cinema intellectuals following World War II christened "film noir." Set on dark streets late at night, in cheap hotels and bars, and populated by the dangerous people who frequented these locales, these films introduced a new antihero, a tough, brooding, rebellious loner, embodied by Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep. This volume provides a detailed exploration of film noir, tracing its evolution, the influence of such legendary writers as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and the films that propelled this dark genre to popularity in the mid-20th century.
| Author | : Cornell Woolrich |
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| Release | : 2019-02 |
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| ISBN | : 9781950369034 |
| Author | : Raymond Borde |
| Publisher | : City Lights Books |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 9780872864122 |
This first book published on film noir established the genre--a classic, at last in translation.
| Author | : Cornell Woolrich |
| Publisher | : Carroll & Graf Pub |
| Total Pages | : 394 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780786715534 |
A collection of previously uncollected mystery and suspense fiction by the "father of noir" and author of Night Has Thousand Eyes presents twenty masterful tales, many of them originally written for the pulp magazines and never before published in book form. Reprint.
| Author | : Maxim Jakubowski |
| Publisher | : Titan Books (US, CA) |
| Total Pages | : 522 |
| Release | : 2022-10-25 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1803360011 |
A gritty and thrilling anthology of 30 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window' that inspired Alfred Hitchock's classic film. Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R. Lansdale and many more. An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, also published as William Irish and George Hopley, stands with Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and Dashiell Hammett as a legend in the genre. He is a hugely influential figure for crime writers, and is also remembered through the 50+ films made from his novels and stories, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, I Married a Dead Man, Phantom Lady, Truffaut's La Sirène du Mississippi, and Black Alibi. Collected and edited by one of the most experienced editors in the field, Maxim Jakubowski, features original work from: Neil Gaiman Joel Lane Joe R. Lansdale Vaseem Khan Brandon Barrows Tara Moss Kim Newman Nick Mamatas Mason Cross Martin Edwards Donna Moore James Grady Lavie Tidhar Barry N. Malzberg James Sallis A.K. Benedict Warren Moore Max Décharné Paul Di Filippo M.W. Craven Charles Ardai Susi Holliday Bill Pronzini Kristine Kathryn Rusch Maxim Jakubowski Joseph S. Walker Samantha Lee Howe O'Neil De Noux David Quantick Ana Teresa Pereira William Boyle.
| Author | : Cornell Woolrich |
| Publisher | : Hard Case Crime |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011-03-29 |
| Genre | : Man-woman relationships |
| ISBN | : 9780857683250 |
A man. A woman. A kiss in the dark. That is how it begins. But before his nightmare ends, Prescott Marshall will learn that kisses and darkness can both hide evil intent - and that the worst darkness of all may be lurking inside him. Lost for more than half a century and never before published under Cornell Woolrich's real name, FRIGHT is a breathtaking noir crime novel worthy of the writer who has been called "the Hitchcock of the written word" and "one of the giants of mystery fiction."
| Author | : Cornell Woolrich |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013-08-06 |
| Genre | : American fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781613470374 |
Four of Cornell Woolrich's best supernatural novellas collected together in one book for the first time.
| Author | : Geoff Mayer |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 2021-12-22 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476643075 |
Melodrama is the foundation of American cinema. It is, however, a poorly understood term. While it is a pervasive and persuasive dramatic mode, it is not tied to any specific moral or ideological system. It is not a singular genre; rather, it operates as a "genre generating machine" capable of determining the aesthetics and structure of the drama within many genres. Melodrama centers the conflict around the clash between good and evil and provides a sense of poetic justice--but the specific values embedded in notions of good and evil are determined by the culture, and they shift from nation to nation, region to region, and period to period. This book explores the "populist" westerns of the 1930s, the propaganda films that followed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the popularity of Sax Rohmer's master villain Fu Manchu. "Melodramas of passion" and film noir also offer a challenge to melodrama with its seemingly alienated protagonists and downbeat endings. Yet, with few exceptions, Hollywood was able to assimilate these genres within its melodramatic imagination.
