Historical Dictionary of Westerns in Cinema. Paul Varner. 2012.
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B WESTERNS — B Western, a term now losing currency, technically refers to low budget films shown as the second part of double features, becoming popular in the 1930s and the 1940s. But the term has also been used to refer to any low budget film, including… … Westerns in Cinema
POVERTY ROW — The really cheap B Westerns were produced in what was loosely called poverty row, a section of Los Angeles near Gower Street and Sunset Boulevard. Here numerous short lived studios churned out quickly made films full of stock footage and… … Westerns in Cinema
TERM PLAYER CONTRACT — Actors in the 1940s who had term player contracts with such poverty row studios as Republic worked on a yearly salary. In exchange for security and a regular paycheck, the studio could use an actor as it pleased. See also B WESTERNS;… … Westerns in Cinema
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