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 / Foster Hirsch.
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf." Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
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 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 -- 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 runner -- In the beginning -- Epilogue : the lessons of the past.
Summary:
"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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