David Parkinson, History of Film, Thames and Hudson, 1995.

'the studios had been reluctant to specualte during the Depression, but by the 1950's they were willing to try almost anything in order to alleviate their financial predicament' (p.160)

Ethan Mordden, Medium Cool: The Movies of the 1960's, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1960.

'The movie business shattered. The big studios tottered ans contracted, and surviving stars and directors set up independent production companies' (p.9)
 
 
 

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