The battle for the Bs : 1950s Hollywood and the rebirth of low-budget cinema
Davis, Blair, 1975-2012
Book
Analyzes how B-films were produced, distributed, and exhibited in the 1950s and demonstrates the possibilities that existed for low-budget filmmaking at a time when many in Hollywood had abandoned the Bs. Made by newly formed independent companies, 1950s B-movies took advantage of changing demographic patterns to fashion innovative marketing approaches. They established such genre cycles as science fiction and teen-oriented films (think "Destination Moon" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf") well before the major studios and also contributed to the emergence of the movement now known as underground cinema.
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Author:
Imprint:
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.
Collation:
x, 260 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780813552538
Dewey class:
791.430973791.43
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
124389
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | -Art and Culture | ARTS 791.43 DAVI | Available |