'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 Perrault's 'Bluebeard'. 'A Charade of Innocence and
Vice' investigates cinematic reinventions of this violent fairy tale in
high profile films including Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rebecca' and
'Suspicion', along with B film productions like Jacques Tourneur's 'I
Walked With a Zombie'.