James Narenmore is Chancellor’s Professor of English, Film Studies, and Communications and Culture at Indiana University. His writings on film include The Magic World of Orson Welles, The Films of Vincente Minelli, and Acting in the Cinema. 1. The History of an Idea -Noir is Born: Paris, 1946-1959 -Darkness Everywhere 2. Modernism and Blood Melodrama: Three Case Studies -Believing in Nothing -Sympathy for the Devil -The Death Chamber 3. From Dark Films to Black Lists: Censorship and Politics -Bourbon with a bourbon chaser -The Snakes are Loose -After 1947 4. Low is High: Budgets and critical discrimination - B pictures versus intermediates - Post-B pictures 5. Old is New: Styles of Noir -Black and white and red Paraody, Pastiche, Fashion 6. The other side of the street - Asia -Latin America -Africa 7. The Noir Mediascape Notes Bibliography Index

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