Cox and Underwood
Encyclopedia
Cox and Underwood was the name of an exploitation film
travelling road show and production company from the 1930s run by Howard Russell Cox and Howard Underwood. They, at one time, employed Kroger Babb
, who would later form his own medicine show
-style production company.
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...
travelling road show and production company from the 1930s run by Howard Russell Cox and Howard Underwood. They, at one time, employed Kroger Babb
Kroger Babb
Howard W. "Kroger" Babb was an American film and television producer and showman. His marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman's, with roots in the medicine-show tradition...
, who would later form his own medicine show
Medicine show
Medicine shows were traveling horse and wagon teams which peddled "miracle cure" medications and other products between various entertainment acts. Their precise origins unknown, medicine shows were common in the 19th century United States...
-style production company.
External links and references
- Profoundly Disturbing: Shocking Movies That Changed History! (ISBN 0-7893-0844-4). Joe Bob BriggsJoe Bob BriggsJohn Irving Bloom , who uses the pseudonym Joe Bob Briggs, is a syndicated American film critic, writer and comic performer.-Early years:...
. Universe Publishing, 2003. - Reason Magazine: Kroger Babb's Roadshow.