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Author Davis, Blair, 1975-

Title The battle for the Bs [electronic resource] : 1950s Hollywood and the rebirth of low-budget cinema / Blair Davis.

Imprint New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description x, 260 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject B films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813552521 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780813552538 (pbk. alk. paper)

 
    
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