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Author:
Herzberg, Bob, 1956- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005007417
Title:
The FBI and the movies : a history of the Bureau on screen and behind the scenes in Hollywood / Bob Herzberg.
Publisher:
McFarland & Co,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Police films--United States--History and criticism.
Detective and mystery films--United States--History and criticism.
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation--In motion pictures.
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index.
Summary:
"The main body examines the filmmakers, actors, technicians, writers and producers who were responsible for FBI films, following the FBI from birth of a cultural icon in the 1930s, through the war years and the threat of the Red Menace, and death of Hoover and scandals of the 1960s. Studio correspondence and once confidential FBI memos are included"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0786427558
9780786427550
OCLC:
(OCoLC)71507714
LCCN:
2006031087
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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