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Hollywood's Detectives

Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir
By:F. Mason
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230578357
eText ISBN:9780230358676
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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The study of Hollywood detectives has often overlooked the B-Movie mystery series in favour of hard-boiled film. Hollywood's Detectives redresses this oversight by examining key detective series of the 1930s and 1940s to explore their contributions to the detective genre.