Houses of Noir: Dark Visions from Thirteen Film Studios

Film noir is a particularly American stylistic phenomenon that permeated nearly every Hollywood studio production from 1940 to the early 1960s. The author examines his personal choice of the best noir film represented by each studio and includes each studio's history and formation, a plot outline, an examination of the careers of the star roster for each studio, as well as each producer, director, screenwriter, camera man, composer, art and set directors, and a critique of each film.