Leo T. reviewed on 10/31/2016 + 1775 more book reviews

Apparently this has been published in different guises more than once. Mr. Corman offers a good description of how what previously were B movies (made with much less investment than the major studio release after movie theaters began offering the double feature to lure customers during the Depression) were succeeded by inexpensive movies quickly shot that found favor with the movie theater audience remaining after TV arrived in the early 1950s. Corman actually won some awards for his films which included art house work and in the end some that were straight to video.
He was not always the sharp operator we know today as he relates in his experiences in and after WWII. His text is interspersed with comments, printed in bold type, from people who knew him in the years each chapter cover.
No index, so I knocked one star off my rating.

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