Geared for scholars and students of film and pop culture," Lost in the Fifties" includes twenty-five photos--many previously unpublished--and draws on rare interviews with key directors, actors, and producers. The volume provides the first detailed profile of the most prolific producer in Hollywood history, Sam Katzman, and his pop culture classics "Rock Around the Clock" and "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers," Dixon profiles, for the first time, B-movie phenomenon Fred F. Sears, who directed more than fifty touchstone films of a generation, including the noir thriller "Chicago Syndicate," the criminal career story "Cell 2455 Death Row," and the 3-D color western "The Nebraskan." Also profiled isIda Lupino, the only woman to direct in Hollywood in the 1950s, who tackled issues of bigamy, teenage pregnancy, and sports corruption in "The Bigamist," "The Hitch-Hiker, Outrage, Never Fear, Not Wanted," and "Hard, Fast and Beautiful, "when no major studio would touch such controversial topics. Dixon also looks at the era's social guidance films, which instructed adolescents in acceptable behavior, proper etiquette, and healthy hygiene.
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Geared for scholars and students of film and pop culture," Lost in the Fifties" includes twenty-five photos--many previously unpublished--and draws on rare interviews with key directors, actors, and producers. The volume provides the first detailed profile of the most prolific producer in Hollywood history, Sam Katzman, and his pop culture classics "Rock Around the Clock" and "Earth vs. The Flying Saucers," Dixon profiles, for the first time, B-movie phenomenon Fred F. Sears, who directed more than fifty touchstone films of a generation, including the noir thriller "Chicago Syndicate," the criminal career story "Cell 2455 Death Row," and the 3-D color western "The Nebraskan." Also profiled isIda Lupino, the only woman to direct in Hollywood in the 1950s, who tackled issues of bigamy, teenage pregnancy, and sports corruption in "The Bigamist," "The Hitch-Hiker, Outrage, Never Fear, Not Wanted," and "Hard, Fast and Beautiful, "when no major studio would touch such controversial topics. Dixon also looks at the era's social guidance films, which instructed adolescents in acceptable behavior, proper etiquette, and healthy hygiene.
Imprint | Southern Illinois University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2005 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 9 - 15 working days |
First published | August 2005 |
Authors | Wheeler Winston Dixon |
Dimensions | 155 x 228 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 224 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8093-2654-9 |
Barcode | 9780809326549 |
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LSN | 0-8093-2654-X |