The Cool and the Crazy : : Pop Fifties Cinema /

The Cool and the Crazy : : Pop Fifties Cinema / / Peter Stanfield.

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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 canonized b...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Stanfield, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (236 p.) :; 31 photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Monarchs for the Masses: Boxing Films
  • 2. War Fever: Korea- Timely! Powerful! Exploitable!
  • 3. Got- to- See: Teenpix and the Social Problem Picture
  • 4. Teenpic Jukebox: Jazz, Calypso, Beatniks, and Rock 'n' Roll
  • 5. Intent to Speed: Hot Rod Movies
  • 6. Punks! JD Gangsters
  • 7. Dude Ranch Duds: Cowboy Costume
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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