1950s Hollywood and the rebirth of low-budget cinema /
First Statement of Responsibility
Blair Davis
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
x, 260 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Hollywood in transition: the business of 1950s filmmaking -- The battle begins: Hollywood reacts, poverty row collapses -- The rebirth of the B-movie in the 1950s -- Attack of the independent: American international pictures and the B-movie -- Small screen, smaller pictures: new perspectives on 1950s television and B-movies -- Big 'B', little 'B': a case study of three films -- Notes from the underground : the legacy of the 1950s B-movie
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
B films-- United States-- History and criticism
Motion picture industry-- United States-- History-- 20th century
Motion pictures-- United States-- History-- 20th century