El 493 - Film Noir:The Dark Side of American Film

Institution:

Saint Peter's University

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Description:

An introduction to this American Film genre with reference to its origins in European fi lms and painting of the 1920's and 1930's, and in Americanhard-boiled detective fi ction of the 1930's, as well as to its signifi cance to the development of Hollywood fi lm and its implications about American culture of the 1940's.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.saintpeters.edu

Phone Number:

(201) 761-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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