A divided world : Hollywood cinema and emigré directors in the era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948 /: Hollywood cinema and emigré directors in the era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nick Smedley.
• Other Names: Smedley, Nicholas
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK Chicago : Intellect
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (277 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43/658; 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; Expatriate motion picture producers and directors; Germans; Immigrants; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures -- Political aspects; Politics and government; Sex role in motion pictures; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1953; California -- Los Angeles; United States; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781841504537
• Related ISBNs: 184150453X; 1841504025; 9781841504025
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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