Hollywood’s Detectives

1. Exploring Detective Films in the 1930s and 1940s: Genre, Society and Hollywood
Fran Mason

2. ‘Such Lovely Friends’: Class and Crime in ‘The Thin Man’ Series
Fran Mason

3. Between Law and Crime: The Chivalric ‘Criminal’ Detective
Fran Mason

4. Englishness and America: Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes
Fran Mason

5. Ordering the World: The Uncompromising Logic of Charlie Chan and Mr Moto
Fran Mason

6. The Rise of the Hard-boiled Detective
Fran Mason

7. Conclusion: Noir Detectives, Rogue Cops, Undercover Men and Police Procedurals
Fran Mason

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Film History, American Cinema, Film and Television Studies, Genre, Literature, general, Fiction