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A divided world : Hollywood cinema and emigré directors in the era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948
- Title
- A divided world : Hollywood cinema and emigré directors in the era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948 / Nick Smedley.
- Author
- Smedley, Nick.
- Publication
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011.
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- Description
- 277 p.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Expatriate motion picture producers and directors > United States
- United States > Politics and government > 1933-1953
- Immigrants > California > Los Angeles
- Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002 > Criticism and interpretation
- Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976 > Criticism and interpretation
- Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century
- Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947 > Criticism and interpretation
- Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States
- Germans > California > Los Angeles
- Sex role in motion pictures
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Once upon a time in America: American society and culture, 1933-1948 -- The keeper of the flame: Hollywood and the cinema of liberal idealism -- Trouble in paradise: Hollywood films and American social change -- Case study 1: 'Everything that happens must be strictly American': Fritz Lang and Hollywood idealism -- Case study 2: Sex, violence and alcohol: Billy Wilder in the 1940s -- The devil is a woman: Hollywood films and the American woman -- 'Definitely bawdy and offensively suggestive': Lubitsch and the American woman -- 'Love cures the wounds it makes': Lang and Wilder: conventional portraits of the American woman -- The world changes: Hollywood and international affairs -- Case study 5: 'World political theater': Lubitsch and foreign affairs -- Case study 6: 'As corruptible as the others': Wilder on America and Europe -- Case study 7: 'Propaganda can be art': Lang and international affairs -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- MWER 11-5049
- ISBN
- 9781841504025 (alk. paper)
- 1841504025 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010041838
- OCLC
- YBP 2010041838
- Author
- Smedley, Nick.
- Title
- A divided world : Hollywood cinema and emigré directors in the era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948 / Nick Smedley.
- Imprint
- Bristol, UK ; Chicago : Intellect, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- MWER 11-5049