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Includes bibliographies, filmographies, and index, Introduction : what is film genre? -- The individual film : Little Caesar and the gangster film -- Comparative forms : the samurai film and the Western -- Literary adaptation and change ; The killers--Hemingway, film noir, and the terror of daylight -- Contemporary problems : The white-hot violence of the 1970s -- Variation on a major genre : the big caper film -- Psychological considerations : horror and science fiction -- Performing arts : the musical / by Jerome Delamater -- History and social change : comedy and individual expression -- The genre director : the films of Donald Siegel -- The genre director : character types in the films of John Ford -- Conclusion and summary

Author

Kaminsky, Stuart M

Publisher

Dayton, Ohio : Pflaum Pub.

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780827802780

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24