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  • When Noir Got Into the True Crime Game — Docudramas: How True Were They?

    When Noir Got Into the True Crime Game — Docudramas: How True Were They?

    Ted de Corsia, “The Naked City” (1948) — just one of the 8 million stories. By Paul Parcellin Maybe it was the rigors of World War II that whet the public’s appetite for true crime stories in the 1940s. Returning soldiers, who saw real blood and guts on the battlefield, were less than inspired by…