Gangsters On The Screen

Author : Gene D. Phillips
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442230762
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gangsters and G-Men on Screen written by Gene D. Phillips and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the gangster film may have enjoyed its heyday in the 1930s and ’40s, it has remained a movie staple for almost as long as cinema has existed. From the early films of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson to modern versions like Bugsy, Public Enemies, and Gangster Squad, such films capture the brutality of mobs and their leaders. In Gangsters and G-Men on Screen: Crime Cinema Then and Now, Gene D. Phillips revisits some of the most popular and iconic representations of the genre. While this volume offers new perspectives on some established classics—usual suspects like Little Caesar, Bonnie and Clyde, and The Godfather Part II—Phillips also calls attention to some of the unheralded but no less worthy films and filmmakers that represent the genre. Expanding the viewer’s notion of what constitutes a gangster film, Phillips offers such unusual choices as You Only Live Once, Key Largo, The Lady from Shanghai, and even the 1949 version of The Great Gatsby. Also included in this examination are more recent ventures, such as modern classics The Grifters and Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. In his analyses, Phillips draws on a number of sources, including personal interviews with directors and other artists and technicians associated with the films he discusses. Of interest to film historians and scholars, Gangsters and G-Men on Screen will also appeal to anyone who wants to better understand the films that represent an important contribution to crime cinema.

Author : Frank Manchel
Publisher : Franklin Watts
ISBN 13 : 9780531014714
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gangsters on the Screen written by Frank Manchel and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the gangster genre of movies and possible effects of movie violence on audiences.

Author : Harry Hossent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780904644890
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gangster Movies written by Harry Hossent and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Brian Robb
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1472110684
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief History of Gangsters written by Brian Robb and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The romanticised American gangster of the Prohibition era has proved an enduringly popular figure. Even today, names like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano still resonate. Robb explores the histories of key figures, from gangs in the Old West, through Prohibition and the Great Depression, to the likes of John Gotti and Frank Lucas in the 1970s and 1980s. He also looks at the gangster in popular culture, in hit TV series such as Boardwalk Empire. Although the focus is strongly on the archetypal American gangster, Robb also examines gangsters around the world, including the infamous Kray twins in London, French crime kingpin Jacques Mesrine, the Mafia Dons of Sicily, and the rise of notorious Serbian and Albanian gangs. Infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly makes an appearance, as does Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, while other sections provide details of the Chinese Triads and the Yakuza in Japan. Robb also explores the gangster in popular culture, especially in film and television. Recent hit TV series such as The Sopranos and Boardwalk Empire and blockbuster movies like Public Enemies and Gangster Squad show that the gangster is here to stay.

Author : Sienne Vega
Publisher : Sienne Vega
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1353 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gangsters and Roses Special Edition Boxset written by Sienne Vega and published by Sienne Vega. This book was released on 2023-06-17 with total page 1353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read the forbidden dark mafia romance between Salvatore and Delphine from the very beginning in this special edition boxset. It's true what they say: you never forget your first love. When Salvatore Mancino returns, I'm left reeling. I'm swimming in memories of his passionate kiss. And memories of him breaking my heart. Over a decade later, the violent mafia boss intends on making me his. But dark and wicked forces seek to hurt me. And, in the process, destroy him. The Gangsters & Roses special edition boxset includes: 0 - Forbidden Roses 1 - Wicked Roses 2 - Twisted Roses 3 - Savage Roses ....and BRAND NEW bonus scenes and special short story never before shared! The Gangsters & Roses dark mafia romance series is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. This series includes content that may upset some readers. PLEASE ensure you read the content warning at the beginning of the series before proceeding, or check siennevega.com for more info.

Author : Ron Wilson
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231850670
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gangster Film written by Ron Wilson and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the gangster film in its historical context with an emphasis on the ways the image of the gangster has adapted and changed as a result of socio-cultural circumstances. From its origins in Progressive-era reforms to its use as an indictment of corporate greed, the gangster film has often provided a template for critiquing American ideas and values concerning individualism, success, and business acumen. The gangster genre has also been useful in critically examining race and ethnicity in American culture in terms of "otherness." Films studied include Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912), The Racket (1928), The Captive City (1952), The Godfather, Part Two (1974), Goodfellas (1990), and Killing Them Softly (2012).

Author : Jeffrey Sussman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538173573
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tinseltown Gangsters written by Jeffrey Sussman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labor unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses. Control the unions to which projectionists, art directors, cinematographers, electricians, scene designers, stagehands, extras belong, and you control the whole industry. Painting colorful portraits of numerous mobsters, producers, actors, and directors, Tinseltown Gangsters tells the gripping, fast-paced, true story of corruption and greed in Hollywood throughout much of the twentieth century.

Author : Cynthia Lucia
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118475135
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Film History written by Cynthia Lucia and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the rich and innovative history of this period in American cinema. Spanning an essential range of subjects from the early 1900s Nickelodeon to the decline of the studio system in the 1960s, it combines a broad historical context with careful readings of individual films. Charts the rise of film in early twentieth-century America from its origins to 1960, exploring mainstream trends and developments, along with topics often relegated to the margins of standard film histories Covers diverse issues ranging from silent film and its iconic figures such as Charlie Chaplin, to the coming of sound and the rise of film genres, studio moguls, and, later, the Production Code and Cold War Blacklist Designed with both students and scholars in mind: each section opens with an historical overview and includes chapters that provide close, careful readings of individual films clustered around specific topics Accessibly structured by historical period, offering valuable cultural, social, and political contexts Contains careful, close analysis of key filmmakers and films from the era including D.W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Erich von Stroheim, Cecil B. DeMille, Don Juan, The Jazz Singer, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Scarface, Red Dust, Glorifying the American Girl, Meet Me in St. Louis, Citizen Kane, Bambi, Frank Capra’s Why We Fight series, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Rebel Without a Cause, Force of Evil, and selected American avant-garde and underground films, among many others. Additional online resources such as sample syllabi, which include suggested readings and filmographies for both general specialized courses, will be available online. May be used alongside American Film History: Selected Readings, 1960 to the Present, to provide an authoritative study of American cinema through the new millennium

Author : Barbara Korte
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429557841
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Contemporary Culture written by Barbara Korte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic, but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consumption. This edited collection aims to bridge this research void and brings together case studies by scholars from different parts of the world and diverse fields. They explore how transnational and transcultural processes of translation and adaptation shape notions of the heroic in non-Western and Western cultures alike. The book provides fresh perspectives on heroism studies and offers a new angle for global and postcolonial studies.

Author : Frank Manchel
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838631867
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film Study written by Frank Manchel and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four volumes of Film Study include a fresh approach to each of the basic categories in the original edition. Volume one examines the film as film; volume two focuses on the thematic approach to film; volume three draws on the history of film; and volume four contains extensive appendices listing film distributors, sources, and historical information as well as an index of authors, titles, and film personalities.