Ripped from the headlines! : the shocking true stories behind the movies' most memorable crimes
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Little A, [2020].
Edition
First edition
ISBN
1542041821, 9781542041829, 9781542041805, 1542041805
Physical Desc
xix, 352 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 364 SCHECHT 2020
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NF 364 SCHECHT 2020
1 available
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Published
New York : Little A, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition
Language
English
ISBN
1542041821, 9781542041829, 9781542041805, 1542041805
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-337) and index.
Description
Bestselling true-crime master Harold Schechter explores the real-life headline-making psychos, serial murderers, thrill-hungry couples, and lady-killers who inspired a century of classic films. The necktie murders in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy; Chicago's Jazz Age crime of passion; the fatal hookup in Looking for Mr. Goodbar; the high school horrors committed by the costumed slasher in Scream. These and other cinematic crimes have become part of pop-culture history. And each found inspiration in true events that provided the raw material for our greatest blockbusters, indie art films, black comedies, Hollywood classics, and grindhouse horrors. So what's the reality behind Psycho, Badlands, The Hills Have Eyes, A Place in the Sun, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Dirty Harry? How did such tabloid-ready killers as Bonnie and Clyde, body snatchers Burke and Hare, Texas sniper Charles Whitman Jr., nurse-slayer Richard Speck, and Leopold and Loeb exert their power on the public imagination and become the stuff of movie lore? In this collection of revelatory essays, true-crime historian Harold Schechter takes a fascinating trip down the crossroads of fact and fiction to reveal the sensational real-life stories that are more shocking, taboo, and fantastic than even the most imaginative screenwriter can dream up.--,Publisher.
Action
cc,2020-08-11,JV
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schechter, H. (2020). Ripped from the headlines!: the shocking true stories behind the movies' most memorable crimes (First edition). Little A.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schechter, Harold. 2020. Ripped From the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes. Little A.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schechter, Harold. Ripped From the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes Little A, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schechter, Harold. Ripped From the Headlines!: The Shocking True Stories Behind the Movies' Most Memorable Crimes First edition, Little A, 2020.
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