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Who's in the money? : the Great Depression musicals and Hollywood's New Deal

Title

Who's in the money? : the Great Depression musicals and Hollywood's New Deal / Harvey G. Cohen.

Author

Cohen, Harvey G.

Publication

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
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Description

x, 238 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

Harry and Jack Warner were among the most important advocates and fundraisers of President Franklin Roosevelt during his 1932 presidential campaign, supporting his New Deal legislation in successful Great Depression musicals like '42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933', and 'Footlight Parade'. But while the Warner brothers posed as exemplars of the New Deal in real life and in their movies, they were attempting to reverse Roosevelt's policies within their studio and their industry.Using newly unearthed primary sources, this ground-breaking book examines the bitter and little known struggle in Hollywood and Washington D.C. during 1933 to create a National Recovery Administration (NRA) code of practice for the motion picture industry. But through the manipulation of New Deal legislation, Harry and Jack Warner, along with other studio moguls, sought to curtail workers' rights and salaries instead of bolstering both sides of the labour/management divide as they were supposed to do under NRA regulations, attempting to serve the economic pain of the Depression as much as possible onto artists and craftsmen, not owners or management. With its tales of Hollywood stars and employees fighting to win a fair share of the proceeds of their labour, the creation of the NRA code makes for an intriguing story of financial survival, political intrigue and backstabbing during the worst of the Great Depression.

Series Statement

Traditions in American cinema

Uniform Title

Traditions in American cinema.

Alternative Title

Who is in the money?

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Warners and Franklin Roosevelt -- The Great Depression musicals -- Footlight Parade -- On the job -- The NRA code -- Post-1933: a conclusion -- General index -- Film index.

Call Number

MFL 18-2587

ISBN

9781474429405
9781474429412
1474429416
1474429408

OCLC

1019666932

Author

Cohen, Harvey G., author.

Title

Who's in the money? : the Great Depression musicals and Hollywood's New Deal / Harvey G. Cohen.

Publisher

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Traditions in American cinema

Traditions in American cinema.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Research Call Number

MFL 18-2587

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