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Hollywood hates Hitler! : Jew-baiting, anti-Nazism, and the Senate investigation into warmongering in motion pictures /
"In September 1941, a handful of isolationist senators set out to tarnish Hollywood for warmongering. The United States was largely divided on the possibility of entering the European War, yet the immigrant moguls in Hollywood were acutely aware of the conditions in Europe. After Kristallnacht...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction. Competing ideologies in dangerous times
- Part One: Prequel to the investigation. Hollywood, fascism, and Jew-baiting prior to 1939 ; Hollywood and anti-fascism, 1939-1940 ; Isolationists push back
- Part Two: Senators on the attack. Senator Nye "unloosed" on Hollywood ; Champ Clark doubles down
- Part Three: Disgruntled journalists. John T. Flynn, "nasty man" ; Fidler fiddles ; First recess, media frenzy
- Part Four: Hollywood's defense. Schenck stands strong ; Dietz delievers
- Part Five: Hollywood's victory. Warner's war ; Zanuck, Balaban, and the wild finish ; Second recess, national unity, and the end of the investigation ; Overshadowed by history.