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Celluloid Soldiers
Michael E. Birdwell
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Description for Celluloid Soldiers
Paperback. A study of the efforts of the Warner Bros film studio to promote anti-Nazi activity before the outbreak of World War II. Through a score of films produced in the 1930s and early-1940s the studio marshalled its forces to influence the American conscience and push towards intervention in the war. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; APF; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW; HBTZ1; JPVN; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
During the 1930s many Americans avoided thinking about war erupting in Europe, believing it of little relevance to their own lives. Yet, the Warner Bros. film studio embarked on a virtual crusade to alert Americans to the growing menace of Nazism.
Polish-Jewish immigrants Harry and Jack Warner risked both reputation and fortune to inform the American public of the insidious threat Hitler's regime posed throughout the world. Through a score of films produced during the 1930s and early 1940s-including the pivotal Sergeant York-the Warner Bros. studio marshaled its forces to influence the American conscience and push toward intervention ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814798713
SKU
V9780814798713
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About Michael E. Birdwell
Michael E. Birdwell is an Assistant Professor in History at Tennessee Tech and Curator of Alvin C. York's Papers. His work has been published in Film History, Literature/Film Quarterly, The Columbia Companion to Film, and several other journals.
Reviews for Celluloid Soldiers
Contributes significantly to our understanding of how Warner Bros. crusaded against fascism from the middle 1930s to Pearl Harbor. Drawing on extensive archival research, Birdwell provides particularly lively discussions of Alvin York's conversion to interventionism during the making of Sergeant York and of the 1941 Nye-Clark Committee investigations of 'premature anti-fascism' in Hollywood.
Charles Maland,University of Tennessee This study ... Read more
Charles Maland,University of Tennessee This study ... Read more