----- Original Message ----- From: "Robison Michael R CNIN"
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Robison_M@crane.navy.mil> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 6:37
PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Hardboiled Hollywood
> When did the "Hollywood" subgenre of hardboiled or
noir pop
> up, and what are some of the notable originating
stories and
> novels? With my very limited reading, McCoy's 1935
THEY SHOOT
> HORSES, DON'T THEY? is the earliest one I can think
of. Be-
> yond that Hallas' YOU PLAY THE BLACK AND THE RED
COMES UP
> (1938) and Nathanael West's DAY OF THE LOCUST (1939)
come to
> mind. Is there anything earlier than McCoy's? Are
there any
> others in the 1930s?
Horace McCoy's I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME (1938) is about a
studio publicist and budding writer. Hollywood also features
in James Cain's SERENADE
(1937).
>What about later?
Bill Gault's DEATH OUT OF FOCUS (1959). Virtually the entire
cast of characters are producers, directors or actors.
Al
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