A Charade of Innocence and Vice: Hollywood Gothic films of the 1940s offers a sustained investigation of this important popular film cycle. This book identifies the film cycle and traces its lineage back to its origins in Charles Perraults Bluebeard. A Charade of Innocence and Vice investigates cinematic reinventions of this violent fairy tale in high profile films including Alfred Hitchcocks Rebecca and Suspicion, along with B film productions like Jacques Tourneurs I Walked With a Zombie.
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