Pump 'em full of lead
a look at gangsters on film
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Word Count
66,250 words, Guess
Page Count
265 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL700455M
- ISBN-100805738924
- OCLC Control Number38048389
- OCLC Control Numberisbn_9780805738926
- Library of Congress Control Number97048742
and 2 more
- LibraryThing4494671
- Goodreads2166310
Classifications
- DDC791.43/655
- LCCPN1995.9.G3 Y37 1998
Description
In "Pump 'Em Full of Lead" author Marilyn Yaquinto takes a fascinating look at one of the most enduring themes at the movies: gangsters. She investigates the screen presence of the gangster since the birth of cinema while exploring with a journalist's insight the gangster's captivating links to real crime. Ms. Yaquinto charts the evolution of the screen gangster from silent superstar Lon Chaney's frightful criminals to Cagney, Robinson, and Bogart; to the mutant mobsters of the '50s; to the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde of the '60s; and finally to today's villains and wise guys in the films of, among others, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, and Quentin Tarantino.
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Series Statement
- Twayne's filmmakers series
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