The Battle for the Bs: 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema

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. Blair Davis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.