Veteran noir academic Frank Krutnik, author of several useful studies on film noir and 40s/50s American cinema (IN A LONELY STREET; "UNAMERICAN" HOLLYWOOD & THE POLITICS OF THE BLACKLIST), returns with an new study of the relationship of film noir to radio.



The TOC below provides a good look at its scope:

Introduction: Radio and Film Noir
1 Noir Movies on the Radio 23
2 Strange Romance: Laura, Film Noir, and Radio Drama 47
3 Seriality and the Radio Detective 77
4 The Transmedial Seriality of Michael Shayne, #1: From Book to Film 89
5 The Transmedial Seriality of Michael Shayne, #2: Radio Drama 100
6 Not for the Timid Soul: The Weird Mysteries of Lights Out 126
7 Radio’s Outstanding Theatre of Thrills 145
8 Noir Anguish: Cornell Woolrich and Suspense 173
Coda: Radio/Noir
Appendix: Radio Adaptations of Noir Films 203
Acknowledgments 221
Notes 223
Index 261

To be published by Rutgers University Press on May 13th...