The Fifties Transforming the Screen: 1950-1959

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

By Peter Lev

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Volume 7, written by Peter Lev of Towson University, covers the tumultuous period of the 1950s. The volume explores the divorce of movie studios from their theatre 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, etc.); the rise of television and Hollywoods response in widescreen spectacles (The Robe, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur, etc.) and mature Westerns (High Noon, Shane, The Searchers, etc.); and more.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0684804956

ISBN13:9780684804958

Release Date:July 2003

Publisher:Charles Scribner's Sons

Length:382 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 7.4" x 10.3"

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

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