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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791979403321

Autore

Smedley Nicholas

Titolo

A divided world [[electronic resource] ] : Hollywood cinema and emigreĢ directors in the era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948 / / Nick Smedley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011

ISBN

1-283-16271-7

9786613162717

1-84150-453-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/658

791.43097949409043

Soggetti

Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History - 20th century

Expatriate motion picture producers and directors - United States

Motion pictures - Political aspects - United States

Germans - California - Los Angeles

Sex role in motion pictures

Immigrants - California - Los Angeles

United States Politics and government 1933-1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preliminary Page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Once Upon a Time in America: American Society and Culture, 1933-1948; Chapter 2: The Keeper of the Flame: Hollywood and the Cinema of Liberal Idealism; Chapter 3: Trouble in Paradise: Hollywood Films and American Social Change; Chapter 4: The Devil is a Woman: Hollywood Films and the American Woman; Chapter 5 The World Changes: Hollywood and International Affairs; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Roosevelt's New Deal introduced sweeping social, political and cultural change across the United States, which the Hollywood film community embraced enthusiastically. When the heady idealism of the 1930's was



replaced by the paranoia and fear of the post-war years, Hollywood became an easy target for the anti-communists. A Divided World examines some of the important programs of the New Deal and the subsequent response of the Hollywood film community - especially in relation to social welfare, women's rights and international affairs. The book then charts what happened in Hollywood when the moo