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The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957), from Universal, was the final installment of the last "B series" put out by a major studio.. In 1948, a Supreme Court ruling in a federal antitrust suit against the leading Hollywood studios, the so-called Big Five, outlawed block booking and led to the divestiture of the majors' theater chains over the next few years.
The first, the 1951 film noir Pickup, [9] was a surprise hit, albeit a secondary B feature, and launched Haas's career as a Hollywood director. It also had a large part in starting the cycle of bad girl movies of the 1950s, which usually starred blonde sexpots.
A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low budget commercial motion picture. Originally, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this term specifically referred to films meant to be shown as the lesser-known second half of a double feature, somewhat similar to B-sides in recorded music. However, the production of such films as "second features ...
One of the girls, Loretta, a single mother who Dr. Jason tried to help when he first arrived, develops a crush on him as a result. Threatening to report the fire hose incident to the board of directors, Dr. Jason makes a deal with Riggs where he would stay on in a purely administrative role while Dr. Jason and Miss Levering would make all ...
Marilyn (U.S. title: Roadhouse Girl) is a 1953 British second feature ('B') [1] film noir directed by Wolf Rilla starring Sandra Dorne and Maxwell Reed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was written by Rilla based on the play Marion by Peter Jones .
The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...
Cuban Rebel Girls or Assault of the Cuban Rebel Girls is a 1959 semi-dramatic documentary B movie, and the final on-screen performance of Errol Flynn. He stars with his underage girlfriend, Beverly Aadland. The script was written and narrated by Flynn, who was sympathetic to the Cuban revolution being led by Fidel Castro in its early phase. [4]
April 6, 1950: Cody of the Pony Express: Serial film: April 13, 1950: Outcast of Black Mesa: Beware of Blondie [N 1] April 26, 1950: Faust and the Devil: Co-production with Cineopra April 27, 1950: Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang: Kill the Umpire: Captive Girl: April 28, 1950: No Sad Songs for Me: May 3, 1950: The Doorman: Mexican ...