Teenagers and teenpics : the juvenilization of American movies in the 1950s / Thomas Doherty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doherty, Thomas Patrick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures and youth--United States.

Motion pictures and youth.

Teen films--United States--History and criticism.

Teen films.

Teenagers in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teenagers and Teenpics tells the story of two signature developments in the 1950's: the decline of the classical Hollywood cinema and the emergence of that strange new creature, the American teenager. Hollywood's discovery of the teenage moviegoer initiated a progressive ""juvenilization"" of film content that is today the operative reality of the American motion picture industry.The juvenilization of the American movies is best revealed in the development of the 1950's ""teenpic,"" a picture targeted at teenagers even to the exclusion of their elders. In a wry and readable style, Doherty define

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. American Movies as a Less-than-Mass Medium; 2. A Commercial History; 3. The Teenage Marketplace; 4. Rock 'n' Roll Teenpics; 5. Dangerous Youth; 6. The Horror Teenpics; 7. The Clean Teenpics; 8. Generation after Generation of Teenpics; Notes; Selected Filmography; Index to Film Titles; General Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Filmography: p. 237-250.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612658556

9781282658554

1282658557

9781592137879

1592137873

OCLC:

646067864