{"product_id":"hardboiled-in-hollywood-david-wilt-9780879725259","title":"Hardboiled in Hollywood: Five Black Mask Writers and the Movies","description":"From the 1920s through the 1950s, the famous \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/i\u003e pulp magazine was the place where crime and mystery writers such as Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, and John D. MacDonald published their work; it also provided Holly-wood with some of its most prolific genre screenwriters, men who brought the Black Mask style to the movies. \u003cbr\u003e This book covers the film careers of Horace McCoy, Eric Taylor, Dwight V. Babcock, Peter Ruric, and John K. Butler. With more than two hundred feature film credits, this group of \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/i\u003e writers left their mark on Hollywood. From \u003ci\u003eThe Phantom of the Opera\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eDick Tracy Meets Gruesome\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003eBig Jim McLain\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eEnemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/i\u003e contingent applied their expertise to the movies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Wilt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879725257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879725259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Popular Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"David Wilt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054875635967,"sku":"9780879725259","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f941b1b-4e4a-4833-9409-048e5fc1aff0.jpg?v=1685032494","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hardboiled-in-hollywood-david-wilt-9780879725259","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}