{"product_id":"hollywood-and-the-movies-of-foster-hirsch-9780307958921","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--Te","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating look at Hollywood's most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system--set against the boom of the post-World War II years, the Cold War, and the atomic age--and the movies that reflected the seismic shifts\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The definitive book on 1950s Hollywood.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lavish. . . insightful, rich, expansive, penetrating.\"\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHollywood in the 1950s was a period when the film industry both set conventions and broke norms and traditions--from Cinerama, CinemaScope, and VistaVision to the epic film and lavish musical. It was a decade that saw the rise of the anti-hero; the smoldering, the hidden, and the unspoken; teenagers gone wild in the streets; the sacred and the profane; the revolution of the Method; the socially conscious; the implosion of the studios; the end of the production code; and the invasion of the ultimate body snatcher: the \"small screen\" television. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is Eisenhower's America--seemingly complacent, conformity-ridden revealed in Vincente Minnelli's \u003ci\u003eFather of the Bride, \u003c\/i\u003eWalt Disney's \u003ci\u003eCinderella, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBrigadoon, \u003c\/i\u003e among others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd here is its darkening, resonant landscape, beset by conflict, discontent, and anxiety (\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Knew Too Much, The Asphalt Jungle, A Place in the Sun, Touch of Evil, It Came From Outer Space\u003c\/i\u003e) . . . an America on the verge of cultural, political and sexual revolt, busting up and breaking out (\u003ci\u003eEast of Eden, From Here to Eternity, On the Waterfront, Sweet Smell of Success, The Wild One, A Streetcar Named Desire, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJailhouse Rock\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn important, riveting look at our nation at its peak as a world power and at the political, cultural, sexual upheavals it endured, reflected and explored in the quintessential American art form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Foster Hirsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307958922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307958921\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2023","brand":"Foster Hirsch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132725391615,"sku":"9780307958921","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a620d954-1523-4583-8735-37731a084d57.jpg?v=1687481927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hollywood-and-the-movies-of-foster-hirsch-9780307958921","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}