Bullets Over Hollywood The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To

Bullets Over Hollywood The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To "The Sopranos"

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ISBN13: 9780306814297
ISBN10: 0306814293
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-05-25
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

FromScarfacetoWhite Heat, fromThe GodfathertoThe Usual Suspects, fromOnce Upon a Time in AmericatoRoad to Perdition, gangland on the screen remains as popular as ever.In Bullets over Hollywood, film scholar John McCarty traces the history of mob flicks and reveals why the films are so beloved by Americans. As McCarty demonstrates, the themes, characters, landscapes, storiesthe overall iconographyof the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect even with today's young audiences. Packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes and information about real-life hoods and their cinematic alter egos, insightful analysis, and a solid historical perspective,Bullets over Hollywoodwill be the definitive book on the gangster movie for years to come.

Author Biography

John McCarty is an adjunct professor of cinema in the Department of Theatre at SUNY, Albany, and the author of more than thirty books, including The Fearmakers, The Sleaze Merchants, and The Films of Mel Gibson. He lives in upstate New York.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Gunslingers to Gangsters 1(12)
PART ONE: THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE
Mean Streets
13(13)
Archetypes
26(20)
The Mobster of a Thousand Faces
46(18)
A Landscape of Night and Shade
64(12)
Molls, Twists, Babes, and B Girls
76(33)
PART TWO: THE HOODS
The Shame of a Nation
109(26)
The Green-Eyed Mobster
135(16)
``Made it, Ma! Top o' the World!''
151(26)
Bustin' Out
177(26)
PART THREE: THE FAMILY
Once Upon a Time in New York
203(19)
An Offer Hollywood Couldn't Refuse
222(19)
Epilogue: Through the Looking Glass 241(6)
Acknowledgments 247(2)
Appendix I: The Oscars---Major Award Nominations and Winners, 1927--Present 249(15)
Appendix II: The American Gangster Picture (Feature Length)---A Selected Filmography, 1915--Present 264(39)
Notes 303(10)
Selected Bibliography 313(4)
Index 317(10)
About the Author 327

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