01815nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10555073 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110613s2012 nju sb 001 0 eng d 2011023489 9780813552521 (hardcover alk. paper) 9780813552538 (pbk. alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)787843683 n-us--- PN1995.9.B2 D38 2012eb 791.430973 23 Davis, Blair, 1975- The battle for the Bs [electronic resource] : 1950s Hollywood and the rebirth of low-budget cinema / Blair Davis. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2012. x, 260 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Hollywood in transition: the business of 1950s filmmaking -- The battle begins: Hollywood reacts, poverty row collapses -- The rebirth of the B-movie in the 1950s -- Attack of the independent: American international pictures and the B-movie -- Small screen, smaller pictures: new perspectives on 1950s television and B-movies -- Big 'B', little 'B': a case study of three films -- Notes from the underground : the legacy of the 1950s B-movie. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. B films United States History and criticism. Motion pictures United States History 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10555073 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 198454 198454