It's the Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars on 1950s Television
- ISBN-10
- 0819568945
- ISBN-13
- 9780819568946
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 293
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Author
- Christine Becker
Description
An original study of Hollywood film stars and 1950s television
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