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James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction .
After failing as a scriptwriter for Paramount and Columbia studios in 1932, Cain resumed his efforts to write a longer work of fiction. His short story "The Baby in the Icebox" had impressed Alfred A. Knopf publishers, and with their encouragement and that of playwright Vincent Lawrence, Cain began to write a novel in March 1933.
Film noir refers to cinematic works based on novels of both the hardboiled and noir traditions, exhibiting realism and postwar disillusionment as influenced by German Expressionism. James M. Cain is regarded as an American pioneer of the hardboiled and noir genres. [8]
“Here, Cain serves up vintage noir — complete with gritty. Cain's “Blackmail” is featured in the new issue of Strand Magazine, a quarterly which has unearthed obscure works by Ernest ...
The style was pioneered by Carroll John Daly in the mid-1920s, [2] popularized by Dashiell Hammett over the course of the decade, and refined by James M. Cain and by Raymond Chandler beginning in the late 1930s. [3] English writer Gerald Butler was referred to as the "English James M. Cain", and his characters were noted as hardboiled.
James M. Cain’s “Mildred Pierce,” published in 1941, is both a three-act melodrama and possibly the finest novel ever written about this place. Such books were not afraid to rely on ...
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1946 American film noir directed by Tay Garnett and starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, and Cecil Kellaway. It is based on the 1934 novel of the same name by James M. Cain. [3] This adaptation of the novel also features Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames and Audrey Totter.
Three of a Kind is a collection of three novellas by James M. Cain, published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1943. Each originally appeared as serials in magazines during the 1930s. [1] [2] [3] The collection includes Double Indemnity, first published in 1936 as a serial for Liberty magazine; [4] [5] Career in C Major, originally entitled "Two Can Sing" when it appeared in The American Magazine in 1938 ...