THE BEAT GENERATION DICTIONARY: A GLOSSARY OF THE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS THAT CHARACTERIZE TODAY'S CONTROVERSIAL "BEATNIKS"

Single 22" x 7" sheet, offset printed in two colors on recto and verso and folded twice to make an eight-panel leaflet. Subtle toning, else Fine. Attractive promotional item for Zugsmith's 1959 exploitation film, directed by Charles F. Haas, with the screenplay co-written by Richard Matheson and Lewis Meltzer. Contents feature "Who Are The Beatniks???" - Zugsmith's attempt in several paragraphs to explain "the wildness and weirdness" of the beatniks - together with a glossary of terms and 13 stills from the film, showing Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton, Louis Armstrong, and others. Not found in OCLC. 8517.