CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. The Bs Take Flight: An Introduction 1
5. 1. Hollywood in Transition: The Business of 1950s Filmmaking 19
6. 2. The Battle Begins: Hollywood Reacts, Poverty Row Collapses 43
7. 3. The Rebirth of the B-Movie in the 1950s 67
8. 4. Attack of the Independent: American International Pictures and the B-Movie 103
9. 5. Small Screen, Smaller Pictures: New Perspectives on 1950s Television and B-Movies 131
10. 6. Big B, Little b: A Case Study of Three Films 164
11. 7. Notes from the Underground: The Legacy of the 1950s B-Movie 201
12. NOTES 217
13. INDEX 249