The battle for the Bs 1950s Hollywood and the rebirth of low-budget cinema /

Main Author: Davis, Blair, 1975-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10555073
Table of Contents:
  • 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.