Hollywood's Dark Cinema
The American Film Noir
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A study that begins with a review of the genre's requisite elements of character, plot, and setting, and later discusses studio system production. By tracing the advent of film noir in the context of industry aims, target audiences, censorship and the role Hollywood played in American society, the author sheds new historical light on dark cinema.
About the Author:
R. Barton Palmer holds a joint appointment as professor of English and Film at Georgia State University, where he has taught since 1973.
See the publisher website: Twayne Pub
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The Biopic and British National Identity
Dir. Homer B. Pettey and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Countries > Great Britain
French Literature on Screen (2019)
Dir. Homer B. Pettey and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Technique > Adaptation
The Many Cinemas of Michael Curtiz (2018)
Dir. R. Barton Palmer and Murray Pomerance
Subject: Director > Michael Curtiz
Hitchcock's Moral Gaze (2018)
Dir. R. Barton Palmer, Homer B. Pettey and Steven M. Sanders
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
Invented Lives, Imagined Communities (2017)
The Biopic and American National Identity
Dir. William H. Epstein and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Countries > United States
Cycles, Sequels, Spin-Offs, Remakes, and Reboots (2016)
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Dir. Amanda Ann Klein and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Economics
Shot on Location (2016)
Postwar American Cinema and the Exploration of Real Place
Subject: Technique > Set Design
Thinking in the Dark (2015)
Cinema, Theory, Practice
Dir. Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Theory
George Cukor (2015)
Hollywood Master
Dir. Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Director > George Cukor
Michael Mann - Cinema and Television (2014)
Interviews, 1980-2012
by Steven Sanders and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Director > Michael Mann
The Philosophy of Michael Mann (2014)
Dir. Steven Sanders, Aeon J. Skoble and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Director > Michael Mann
Hitchcock at the Source (2011)
The Auteur as Adapter
Dir. R. Barton Palmer and David Boyd
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh (2011)
Dir. R. Barton Palmer and Steven Sanders
Subject: Director > Steven Soderbergh
Hollywood's Tennessee (2009)
The Williams Films and Postwar America
by R. Barton Palmer and William Robert Bray
Subject: Others persons > Tennessee Williams
After Hitchcock (2006)
Influence, Imitation, And Intertextuality
Dir. David Boyd and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Director > Alfred Hitchcock
Traditions in World Cinema (2006)
Dir. Linda Badley, R. Barton Palmer and Steven Jay Schneider
Traditions in World Cinema (2005)
Dir. Linda Badley, R. Barton Palmer and Steven Jay Schneider
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (2001)
Critical Essays and Guide to Resources With Annotated Bibliography and Filmography
by Cheryl Bray Lower and R. Barton Palmer
Subject: Director > Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol IV
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