Hollywood's Poverty Row Film Studios 1930-1950, book

Hollywood's Poverty Row 1930-1950 by Gene Fernett; Coral Reef Publications; 1973; First Edition. Hardcover book in dust jacket. No library markings. The dust jacket is soiled with wear. The book has minimal wear; light soil to the cover. The binding is firm and unbroken; the pages are clean and unmarked. There is some discoloration to the endpapers and edges; no names or ownership markings. No odors. 163pp; black and white photos. Includes Tiffany, Grand National, Monogram, Republic, Phoenix, etc. These low-rent dream factories - with names like Republic, Monogram, Mascot, PRC, Grand National, Chesterfield, Majestic and Tiffany – all had their own logos, often their own sound stages and back lots. And they all had one thing in common; they all operated on a shoestring – with a tiny fraction of major studio budgets. The B in B-movies stands for “Budget,” meaning “low-budget,” and for three decades these studios cranked out hundreds of movies a year on production schedules ranging from a few days to a week. matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com