The gangster, like the gunslinger, is a classic American character-and the gangster movie, like the Western, is one of the American cinema's enduring film genres. From Scarface to White Heat, from The Godfather to The Usual Suspects, from Once Upon a Time in America to Road to Perdition, gangland on the screen remains as popular as ever.In Bullets over Hollywood, film scholar John McCarty traces the history of mob flicks and reveals why the films are so beloved by Americans. As McCarty demonstrates, the themes, characters, landscapes, stories-the overall iconography-of the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect with even today's young audiences. Packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes and information about real-life hoods and their cinematic alter egos, insightful analysis, and a solid historical perspective, Bullets over Hollywood will be the definitive book on the gangster movie for years to come.

Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To ""The Sopranos""

Humor & Entertainment

McCARTY, JOHN

Movies

Da Capo Press

From Scarface to White Heat, from The Godfather to The Usual Suspects, from Once Upon a Time in America to Road to Perdition, gangland on the screen remains as popular as ever.In Bullets over Hollywood, film scholar John McCarty traces the history of mob flicks and reveals why the films are so beloved by Americans. As McCarty demonstrates, the themes, characters, landscapes, stories—the overall iconography—of the gangster genre have proven resilient enough to be updated, reshaped, and expanded upon to connect even with today's young audiences. Packed with fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes and information about real-life hoods and their cinematic alter egos, insightful analysis, and a solid historical perspective, Bullets over Hollywood will be the definitive book on the gangster movie for years to come.

Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To "The Sopranos"

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: An Illustrated Guide to the Ten-Year Television Career of the Master of Suspense

Provides the cast, credits, and plot summary for all ten year's of Hitchcock's television series, and recounts how the shows were made

Kelleher, Brian

Television

St Martins Pr

Looks at the original Roger Corman film, provides interviews with the actors involved in the project, and looks at the broadway and movie musical versions

The Little Shop of Horrors Book

McGee, Mark Thomas

Literature & Fiction

This new book is a dream come true for splatter aficionados: a film-by-film guide to more than four hundred masterworks of blood and gore, arranged in a handy alphabetical format. 16 pages of photos.

The Official Splatter Movie Guide

Provides plot summaries, cast, credits, and brief comments for horror films from "Alien Nation" to "Zombie Lake"

John McCarty's Official Splatter Movie Guide: Hundreds More of the Grossest, Goriest, Most Outrageous Movies Ever Made

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

A look at gangster films in America from the 1920s to the present explores the reasons for their enduring popularity

Hollywood Gangland: The Movies' Love Affair With the Mob

Looks at the history of horror films based on the stories of deranged killers, including Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jack the Ripper, and Hitchcock's Norman Bates from the movie Psycho

Psychos: Eighty Years of Mad Movies, Maniacs, and Murderous Deeds

Splatter Movies: Breaking the Last Taboo of the Screen

Discusses the history of horror and suspense motion pictures featuring gory special effects and explicit scenes of violence

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Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To ""The Sopranos""

Bullets Over Hollywood: The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To "The Sopranos"

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: An Illustrated Guide to the Ten-Year Television Career of the Master of Suspense

The Little Shop of Horrors Book

The Official Splatter Movie Guide

John McCarty's Official Splatter Movie Guide: Hundreds More of the Grossest, Goriest, Most Outrageous Movies Ever Made

Hollywood Gangland: The Movies' Love Affair With the Mob

Psychos: Eighty Years of Mad Movies, Maniacs, and Murderous Deeds

Splatter Movies: Breaking the Last Taboo of the Screen

Splatter Movies: Breaking the Last Taboo of the Screen