The Cool and the Crazy : Pop Fifties Cinema /

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"Explosive! Amazing! Terrifying! You won't believe your eyes! Such movie taglines were common in the 1950s, as Hollywood churned out a variety of low-budget pictures that were sold on the basis of their sensational content and topicality. While a few of these movies have since become canon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stanfield, Peter, 1958- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Cinema > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Monarchs for the masses: boxing films
  • War fever: Korea timely! powerful! exploitable!
  • Got-to-see: teenpix and the social problem picture
  • Teenpic jukebox: jazz, calypso, beatniks, and rock 'n' roll
  • Intent to speed: hot rod movies
  • Punks! JD gangsters
  • Dude ranch duds: cowboy costume
  • Conclusion.

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