Poverty Row: Hollywood's B-Movie Underworld
About this episode
This episode explores the significance of Poverty Row in Hollywood's film industry from the late 1920s to the 1950s.
From the late 1920s until the 1950s, a shifting collective of independent, low-budget film studios— known as "Poverty Row"—served as a vital organ of the Hollywood ecosystem, churning out thousands of Westerns, thrillers, horror films, and serials.
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