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Gunmen and Gangsters

Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys

By: Michael Schlossheimer

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Gunmen and Gangsters

Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys

By: Michael Schlossheimer

Gangsters such as Al Capone and Lucky Luciano were considered by many people to be the most exciting personalities of the 1920s and 1930s. The public was hungry for press coverage about these mysterious and dangerous men. Most reports about them were sketchy, as the reporters did not want to get on the bad side of the racket bosses. Hollywood's response to the public's fascination was to portray the lives of gangsters on the movie screen, using actors such as Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson. Perhaps surprisingly, these men received not-so-favorable reviews from the Academy Award voters, and as their popularity grew with the public, censorship dictated other actors be brought in to play the roles. That's what this book is about--the personal and professional lives of William Bendix, Charles Bickford, Ward Bond, Broderick Crawford, Brian Donlevy, Paul Douglas, William Gargan, Barton MacLane, and Lloyd Nolan, second-string actors who replaced the big names and did a memorable job. A filmography is supplied for each actor.

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McFarland

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1476635463

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Film Noir Guide

745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959

By: Michael F. Keaney

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Film Noir Guide

745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959

By: Michael F. Keaney

More than 700 films from the classic period of film noir (1940 to 1959) are presented in this exhaustive reference book--such films as The Accused, Among the Living, The Asphalt Jungle, Baby Face Nelson, Bait, The Beat Generation, Crossfire, Dark Passage, I Walk Alone, The Las Vegas Story, The Naked City, Strangers on a Train, White Heat, and The Window. For each film, the following information is provided: the title, release date, main performers, screenwriter(s), director(s), type of noir, thematic content, a rating based on the five-star system, and a plot synopsis that does not reveal the ending.

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0786491558

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9780786491551

Gunmen and Gangsters

Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys

By: Michael Schlossheimer

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By: Michael Schlossheimer

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Gunmen and Gangsters

Gunmen and Gangsters

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