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Explosive! Amazing! Terrifying! You won't believe your eyes! Such movie taglines were common in the 1950's, as Hollywood churned out a variety of low-budget pictures that were sold on the basis of their sensational content and topicality. While a few of these movies have since become canonized by film fans and critics, a number of the era's biggest fads have now faded into obscurity. The Cool and the Crazy examines seven of these film cycles, including short-lived trends like boxing movies, war pictures, and social problem films detailing the sordid and violent life of teenagers, as well as uniquely 1950's takes on established genres like the gangster picture. Peter Stanfield reveals how Hollywood sought to capitalize upon current events, moral panics, and popular fads, making movies that were "ripped from the headlines" on everything from the Korean War to rock and roll. As he offers careful readings of several key films, he also considers the broader historical and commercial contexts in which these films were produced, marketed, and exhibited. In the process, Stanfield uncovers surprising synergies between Hollywood and other arenas of popular culture, like the ways that the fashion trend for blue jeans influenced the 1950's Western. Delivering sharp critical insights in jazzy, accessible prose, The Cool and the Crazy offers an appreciation of cinema as a "pop" medium, unabashedly derivative, faddish, and ephemeral. By studying these long-burst bubbles of 1950's "pop," Stanfield reveals something new about what films do and the pleasures they provide.

Motion pictures --- United States --- History --- 20th century --- Film --- anno 1950-1959 --- Los Angeles [California]

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History of Germany and Austria --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959

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This book advances the argument that the events of July 14, 1958, when Iraqi military officers overthrew the British-installed Iraqi monarchy, constituted simultaneously as a coup and a revolution for a number of reasons, including military involvement, popular participation, and policies that radically departed from those of the previous regime.

Internal politics --- anno 1950-1959 --- Iraq --- History --- Politics and government. --- Revolution (Iraq : 1958) --- 1958

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Dutch literature --- anno 1950-1959 --- 839.3 "19" --- 839.3 "19" Nederlandse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- Nederlandse literatuur--20e eeuw. Periode 1900-1999 --- 20th century --- Exhibitions

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The British `New Wave' of dramatists, actors and directors in the late 1950's and 1960's created a defining moment in post-war theatre. British Realist Theatre is an accessible introduction to the New Wave, providing the historical and cultural background which is essential for a true understanding of this influential and dynamic era. Drawing upon contemporary sources as well as the plays themselves, Stephen Lacey considers the plays' influences, their impact and their critical receptions. The playwrights discussed include: * Edward Bond * John Osborne * Shelagh Delaney

English drama --- Theater --- Realism in literature. --- Neorealism (Literature) --- Magic realism (Literature) --- Mimesis in literature --- History and criticism. --- History --- Drama --- English literature --- anno 1950-1959 --- anno 1960-1969