The films of the fifties: Sunset Boulevard to On the beach

By Douglas Brode

Book Overview

The fifties were a time of contrast. Like the times, the films were just as varied, and ranged from "African Queen" and "High Noon" to "Rebel Without a Cause" and "On the Waterfront". This book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806505109
• ISBN13: 9780806505107
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: The Citadel Press
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Ordering this book, I'm nauseously optimistic

I'm getting this Douglas Brode book hoping it's nothing like his reviews of 1980s movies, in which way too many '80s films, in his opinion, were reactions to President Ronald Reagan and his administration. I finally threw that book into a fire. I can only hope --- thus, nauseously optimistic--- THIS book I'm ordering won't have constant references to Truman and Eisenhower, though I'm sure Sen. Joe McCarthy will often rear his ugly head.