Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties : : the Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher--Television
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"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Showdown at Tiffany's -- The Fox -- A madman in charge -- All for love -- The man you love to hate -- The stix nix hix pix, or do they? -- Who Is Y. Hank Freeman? -- Last man standing -- New game in town -- "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Cinerama" -- "A lion in your lap, a lover in your arms" -- The miracle mirror screen -- The finer things/the bottom feeders -- Race films -- (Out of sight) -- At the Waldorf -- The red menace! -- On the other hand -- The senior class (I) -- The senior class (II) -- New faces (I) -- New faces (II) -- Darker than night -- The time for parting -- How do pharaohs speak? -- Magnificent obsessions -- The long distance runners -- In the beginning -- Epilogue : the lessons of the past.
"A comprehensive study of the changing attitudes of America in the 1950s as reflected by the films of that decade"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Year Published: 2023
Description: 639 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307958921
0307958922
SUBJECTS
Motion picture industry -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nineteen fifties.
United States -- History -- 1945-