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Author Hirsch, Foster, author.

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.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b3077531~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  791.430973 HIR    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  791.430973 HIR    AVAILABLE
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Description xx, 639 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
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. 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 -- (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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-596) and index.
Subject Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Nineteen fifties.
United States -- History -- 1945-
Added Title Hollywood and the movies of the 50s
ISBN 9780307958921 (hardcover)
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