The Cool and the Crazy

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The Cool and the Crazy is written by Peter Stanfield and published by Rutgers University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0813573017 (ISBN 10) and 9780813573014 (ISBN 13).

In the 1950s, Hollywood made a variety of sensational movies meant to capitalize upon current events, moral panics, and popular fads. The Cool and the Crazy examines seven of the decade’s key film cycles, including short-lived trends like boxing and juvenile delinquency movies, as well as uniquely ‘50s takes on established genres like the Western. Delivering sharp critical insights in jazzy, accessible prose, Peter Stanfield offers an appreciation of cinema as a “pop” medium, unabashedly derivative, faddish, and ephemeral.