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Cornell Woolrich : from pulp noir to film noir /

"Woolrich's novels and short stories are examined, as are films adapted from these works. This work shows how Woolrich's techniques and themes influenced the noir genre. Twenty-two stories and 29 films compose the bulk of the study, though other films noirs are also considered because...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renzi, Thomas C., 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2006]
Subjects:
Woolrich, Cornell, > 1903-1968 > Criticism and interpretation.
Woolrich, Cornell, > 1903-1968 > Film adaptations.
Noir fiction, American > History and criticism.
Film noir > History and criticism.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • "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" (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 as 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).