Cheap, Quick and Dirty: What is Poverty Row Cinema? (feat. Film Expert C. Courtney Joyner)


What is Poverty Row Cinema? Film expert C. Courtney Joyner returns to Cereal At Midnight for a discussion about the cheap, quick, and dirty B-movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood and explores how they often transcended their limitations to achieve something truly spectacular!

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