Title 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.

Publication Info.	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
	©2023

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Edition	First edition.
Description	xx, 639 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note	"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Y. Frank 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.
Summary	"A comprehensive study of the changing attitudes of America in the 1950s as reflected by the films of that decade"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
	Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Nineteen fifties.
	United States -- History -- 1945-
	Motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst01027150
	Motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01027285
	Nineteen fifties. (OCoLC)fst01037791
	California -- Los Angeles. (OCoLC)fst01204540
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	Since 1900
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Hollywood and the movies of the 50s
	Hollywood and the movies of the nineteen fifties
Other Form:	Online version: Hirsch, Foster. Hollywood and the movies of the 50s. First edition New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023 9780307958938 (DLC) 2022055319
ISBN	9780307958921 hardcover
	0307958922 hardcover
	9780307958938 electronic book

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