Driven to darkness Jewish emigre directors and the rise of film noir /
Brook, Vincent, 1946-
Driven to darkness Jewish emigre directors and the rise of film noir / [electronic resource] : Vincent Brook. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - ix, 285 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.
Introduction -- Jews in Germany : torn between two worlds -- Jews and expressionism : "performing high and low" -- The father of film noir : Fritz Lang -- Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- The French connection : Robert Siodmak -- Viennese twins : Billy and Willy Wilder -- The ABZs of film noir : Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- Woman's directors : Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- Pathological noir, populist noir, and an act of violence : John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Film noir--History and criticism.--United States
Jewish motion picture producers and directors--United States.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.F54 / B76 2009
791.43/6556
Driven to darkness Jewish emigre directors and the rise of film noir / [electronic resource] : Vincent Brook. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - ix, 285 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.
Introduction -- Jews in Germany : torn between two worlds -- Jews and expressionism : "performing high and low" -- The father of film noir : Fritz Lang -- Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- The French connection : Robert Siodmak -- Viennese twins : Billy and Willy Wilder -- The ABZs of film noir : Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- Woman's directors : Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- Pathological noir, populist noir, and an act of violence : John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Film noir--History and criticism.--United States
Jewish motion picture producers and directors--United States.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.F54 / B76 2009
791.43/6556