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Order Nr. 98426 THE DARK PAGE: BOOKS THAT INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR, 1940-1949. Kevin R. Johnson
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THE DARK PAGE: BOOKS THAT INSPIRED AMERICAN FILM NOIR, 1940-1949.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, (2008). 9 x 12 inches. cloth with dust jacket. 384 pages. First edition, second printing. The literary origins of the American film noir cycle are more convoluted than a plot contrived by Raymond Chandler after a too-long night at Musso and Frank. Kevin Johnson has paired his obsessions with film and literature to illuminate even the murkiest connections. Identifying every 1940s American film noir with a published literary source..... READ MORE

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Foreword........................................vii
Introduction.....................................ix
Main Bibliography.................................1
Appendix A [Secondary Book Sources].............315
Appendix B [Secondary Film Sources].............329
Appendix C [Reconstructed Book Sources].........333
Frequently Used Terms...........................337
Selected Filmography............................339
Thanks..........................................359
Bibliography....................................361
Index of Books..................................365
Index of Films..................................367
Index of Names..................................371