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Bullets over Hollywood: the American gangster picture from the silents to The Sopranos
John McCarty
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Frontmatter
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Prologue: Gunslingers to Gangsters (page 1)
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PART ONE: THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE
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1 Mean Streets (page 13)
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2 Archetypes (page 26)
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3 The Mobster of a Thousand Faces (page 46)
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4 A Landscape of Night and Shade (page 64)
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5 Molls, Twists, Babes, and B Girls (page 76)
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PART TWO: THE HOODS
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6 The Shame of a Nation (page 109)
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7 The Green-Eyed Mobster (page 135)
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8 "Made it, Ma! Top o'the World!" (page 151)
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9 Bustin' Out (page 177)
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PART THREE: THE FAMILY
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10 Once Upon a Time in New York (page 203)
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11 An Offer Hollywood Couldn't Refuse (page 222)
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Epilogue: Through the Looking Glass (page 241)
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Acknowledgments (page 247)
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Appendix I: The Oscars—Major Award Nominations and Winners, 1927-Present (page 249)
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Appendix II: The American Gangster Picture (Feature Length)—A Selected Filmography, 1915-Present (page 264)
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Notes (page 303)
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Selected Bibliography (page 313)
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Index (page 317)
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About the Author (page 327)
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Published: 2004
Publisher: Da Capo Press
- 9780306814297 (paper)
- 9780786738755 (ebook)
- 9780306813016 (hardcover)