Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939

Summary: The abundance of WWII-era documentaries and the huge cache of archival footage that has emerged since 1945 make it seem as if cinematic images of the Nazis were always as vivid and plentiful as they are today. Yet between 1933 and 1939, representations of the Nazis and the full meaning of Nazism came slowly to Hollywood, growing more distinct and ominous only as the decade wore on.Recapturing what ordinary Americans saw on the screen during the emerging Nazi threat, Thomas Doherty reclaims forgotten films, such as Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934), a pioneering anti-Nazi docu-drama.

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ISBN: 9780231535144 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0231535147 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
1 online resource (444 p.) : ill.
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2013.

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Multi-User.

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Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue: Judenfilm!; 1. Hollywood-Berlin-Hollywood; "The Hitler Anti-Jew Thing"; The Aryanization of American Imports; The Aryanization of Hollywood's Payroll; 2. Hitler, A "Blah Show Subject"; The Disappearance of Jews Qua Jews; The Unmaking of The Mad Dog of Europe; "What about the Jews, Your Excellency?": Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.'s Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934); The Story of a Hollywood Girl in Naziland: I Was a Captive of Nazi Germany (1936); 3. The Nazis in the Newsreels; "The Swastika Man"; "Naziganda"