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

Title
The battle for the Bs : 1950s Hollywood and the rebirth of low-budget cinema / Blair Davis.
Author
Davis, Blair, 1975-
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

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Description
x, 260 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
MFL 12-4589
ISBN
  • 9780813552521 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813552524 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813552538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0813552532 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2011023489
OCLC
731009615
Author
Davis, Blair, 1975-
Title
The battle for the Bs : 1950s Hollywood and the rebirth of low-budget cinema / Blair Davis.
Imprint
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
MFL 12-4589
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