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Death on the Cheap : The Lost B Movies of Film Noir by Lyons, Arthur is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Robert Mitchum once commented to Arthur Lyons about his movies of the 1940s and 1950s: "Hell, we didn't know what film noir was in those days. We were just making movies. Cary Grant and all the big stars at RKO got all the lights. We lit our sets with cigarette butts." Film noir was made to order for the "B," or low-budget, part of the movie double bill. It was cheaper to produce because it made do with less lighting, smaller casts, limited sets, and compact story lines—about con men, killers, c
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- Author
- Lyons, Arthur
- Publisher
- Perseus Books Group
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780306809965
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, Sports, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (48 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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