Driven to Darkness: Jewish Emigre Directors and the Rise of Film Noir

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Contents Acknowledgments — ix 1 Introduction — 1 2 Jews in Germany: Torn Between Two Worlds — 22 3 Jews and Expressionism: “Performing High and Low” — 38 4 The Father of Film Noir: Fritz Lang — 58 5 Fritz Lang in Hollywood — 79 6 The French Connection: Robert Siodmak — 104 7 Viennese Twins: Billy and Willy Wilder — 124 8 The ABZs of Film Noir: Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer — 145 9 Woman’s Directors: Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls — 167 10 Pathological Noir, Populist Noir, and an Act of Violence: John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann — 185 Appendix: American Film Noirs by Jewish Émigré Directors — 213 Notes — 215 Bibliography — 261 Index — 269 vii ...