Little Caesar - Softcover

Burnett, W. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881842354 ISBN 13: 9780881842357

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1986

Synopsis

Set in the racketeering world of 1920s Chicago, this novel of corruption and violence depicts the rise and fall of Little Caesar, a ruthless Italian gangster

About this title

From the Back Cover

This book is about a 1931 Hollywood gangster classic. The Hollywood film industry responded to the dark economic conditions of the 1930's with escapist and nontopical films.

About the Author

    Gerald Peary is film critic for the Real Paper in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Formerly Assistant Professor of English and Film at Rutgers University, he is the author of several books on cinema.
    Tino Balio, Professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is the author of United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, and the editor of The American Film Industry as well as the 22 volume Wisconsin/Warner Bros. Screenplay series, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press. He directed the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research from 1966 to 1882.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0881842354
• ISBN 13: 9780881842357
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 308