Cornell Woolrich from Pulp Noir to Film Noir
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-2351-4 (ISBN)
Extremely popular and prolific in the 1930s and 1940s, Cornell Woolrich still has diehard fans who thrive on his densely packed descriptions and his spellbinding premises. A contemporary of Hammett and Chandler, he competed with them for notoriety in the pulps and became the single most adapted writer for films of the noir period. Perhaps the most famous film adaptation of a Woolrich story is Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1954). Even today, his work is still onscreen; Michael Cristofer's Original Sin (2001) is based on one of his tales.
This book offers a detailed analysis of many of Woolrich's novels and short stories; examines films adapted from these works; and shows how Woolrich's techniques and themes influenced the noir genre. Twenty-two stories and 30 films compose the bulk of the study, though many other additions of films noirs are also considered because of their relevance to Woolrich's plots, themes and characters. The introduction includes a biographical sketch of Woolrich and his relationship to the noir era, and the book is illustrated with stills from Woolrich's noir classics.
The late Thomas C. Renzi was an administrator and instructor at Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction 3
“The Corpse Next Door” (January 23, 1937)
Union City (1979)
“Face Work” (October 1937)
Convicted (1938)
“I’m Dangerous Tonight” (November 1937)
I’m Dangerous Tonight (1990)
“I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes” (March 12, 1938)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
“All at Once, No Alice” (March 20, 1940)
The Return of the Whistler (1948)
“C-Jag” (October 1940)
Fall Guy (1947)
The Bride Wore Black (1940)
The Bride Wore Black (1967)
“He Looked Like Murder” (February 8, 1941)
The Guilty (1947)
“Nightmare” (March 1941)
Fear in the Night (1947)
Nightmare (1956)
The Black Curtain (1941)
Street of Chance (1942)
“Rear Window” (February 1942)
Rear Window (1954)
Rear Window (Television, 1998)
Black Alibi (1942)
The Leopard Man (1943)
“Dormant Account” (May 1942)
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Phantom Lady (1942)
Phantom Lady (1944)
The Black Angel (1943)
Black Angel (1946)
Deadline at Dawn (1944)
Deadline at Dawn (1946)
The Black Path of Fear (1944)
The Chase (1946)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1945)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Waltz into Darkness (1947)
Mississippi Mermaid (1969)
Original Sin (2001)
“The Boy Cried Murder” (March 1947)
The Window (1949)
The Boy Cried Murder (1966)
Cloak & Dagger (1984)
I Married a Dead Man (1948)
No Man of Her Own (1950)
J'ai épousé une ombre (1982)
Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
She’s No Angel (Television, 2003)
“For the Rest of Her Life” (May 1968)
Martha (German television, 1973)
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.3.2006 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 32 photos, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 503 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-2351-X / 078642351X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-2351-4 / 9780786423514 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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