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Tough guys and gals of the movies / Edward Edelson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, c1978.Edition: 1st edDescription: 133 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 038512788X :
  • 0385127898
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43/028/0922 B 920
LOC classification:
  • PN1998.A2 E29
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Adult Book Phillipsburg Free Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Adult Non-Fiction 791.43028 Edelso Available 674891000398371
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A look at the traditional bad guys and gals from the movies with special emphasis on the careers of Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinson.

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Kirkus Book Review

Tough luck. Edelson's mild-mannered history of Hollywood tough guys has no punch. Instead, he offers brief characterizations of loosely grouped actors and actresses, plot summaries of their films, plus the sort of quickie pronouncements that will leave kids out in the cold (""Viewed logically, Casablanca is sentimental trash""). The selection is fine: Bogart, Robinson, and Cagney share one chapter; Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet get their due; and modern variations of bad-guy styles are examined. But Edelson has no central thesis, no organizing principle; the text drones on and on with the forced inflection of an educational film voice, piping in pleasantries in lieu of solid observations (""Paul Douglas died of a heart attack at a young age, and he is missed""). Too much Shirley Temple, not enough Sam Spade. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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