Illuminated Darkness: Exiles and Émigrés in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Issue 1 (3rd May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Berger, Doris
• Is Part Of: Jewish culture and history. Volume 17:Issue 1/2(2016)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 93
• Publication Date: 2016-05-03
• Subjects: Hollywood -- émigré experience -- anti-Nazi film -- film noir -- comedy -- House of un-American activities; Jews -- History -- Periodicals; Jews -- Social life and customs -- Periodicals; Judaism -- Customs and practices -- Periodicals; Jodendom; Jews; Jews -- Social life and customs; Judaism -- Customs and practices; History; Periodicals; 909.04924
• DOI: 10.1080/1462169X.2016.1170951
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1462-169X

Abstract

Abstract: Looking at film history through the lens of social and political histories, this article presents the contributions of German-speaking exiles and émigrés that helped shape Hollywood's Golden Age. The text follows the narrative of the exhibition Light & Noir: Exiles and Émigrés in Hollywood, 1933 – 1950 that I developed for the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. It expands upon specific émigrés, their paths to the US, their contributions to Hollywood, and their sense of solidarity with one another.