The Fifties: Transforming the Screen, 1950-1959 Volume 7

(Book #7 in the History of the American Cinema Series)

by Peter Lev

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Completing the landmark, award-winning, ten-volume series on the first century of American film, The Fifties covers a particularly tumultuous period. Peter Lev explores the divorce of movie studios from their theater chains; the panic of the blacklist era; the explosive emergence of science fiction as the dominant genre (The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds); the rise of television and Hollywood's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520249666

ISBN13:9780520249660

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:396 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Related Subjects

Americas Arts, Music & Photography Education & Reference Film & Television History Humanities Humor & Entertainment Movies Performing Arts Reference

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