The Battle for the Bs : : 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema / / Blair Davis.
The emergence of the double-bill in the 1930s created a divide between A-pictures and B-pictures as theaters typically screened packages featuring one of each. With the former considered more prestigious because of their larger budgets and more popular actors, the lower-budgeted Bs served largely as...
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