One world, big screen : Hollywood, the Allies, and World War II /

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World War II coincided with cinema's golden age. Movies now considered classics were created when all sides in the war were coming to realize the great power of popular films to motivate the masses. Through multinational research, this book reveals how the Grand Alliance - Britain, China, the S...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bennett, M. Todd (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Temas:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Cinéma et guerre.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
ART > Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > Reference.
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Political aspects
War and motion pictures
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The "magic bullet": Hollywood, Washington, and the moviegoing public
  • "Pro-British-American war preachers": internationalism at the movies, 1939-1941
  • One world, big screen: the United Nations and American horizons
  • Kissing cousins: how Anglo-American relations became "special"
  • Courting Uncle Joe: the theatrics of Soviet-American matrimony
  • Negotiating the color divide: race and U.S. paternalism toward China
  • Conclusion.

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