The Cool and the Crazy : Pop Fifties Cinema /
"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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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
Rutgers University Press,
[2015]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.


