Title The collaboration : Hollywood's pact with Hitler / Ben Urwand

Published Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (327 pages) : illustrations Contents Hitler's obsession with film -- Enter Hollywood -- "Good" -- "Bad" -- "Switched off" -- Switched on -- Epilogue Summary Explores "how Hollywood and especially the big studios went along with German demands to censor movies not only before but especially after the Nazi seizure of power"--Back of dust jacket "To continue doing business in Germany after Hitler's ascent to power, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films that attacked the Nazis or condemned Germany's persecution of Jews. Ben Urwand reveals this bargain for the first time--a 'collaboration' (Zusammenarbeit) that drew in a cast of characters ranging from notorious German political leaders such as Goebbels to Hollywood icons such as Louis B. Mayer. At the center of Urwand's story is Hitler himself, who was obsessed with movies and recognized their power to shape public opinion. In December 1930, his Party rioted against the Berlin screening of All Quiet on the Western Front, which led to a chain of unfortunate events and decisions. Fearful of losing access to the German market, all of the Hollywood studios started making concessions to the German government, and when Hitler came to power in January 1933, the studios--many of which were headed by Jews--began dealing with his representatives directly. Urwand shows that the arrangement remained in place through the 1930s, as Hollywood studios met regularly with the German consul in Los Angeles and changed or canceled movies according to his wishes. Paramount and Fox invested profits made from the German market in German newsreels, while MGM financed the production of German armaments. Painstakingly marshaling previously unexamined archival evidence, The Collaboration raises the curtain on a hidden episode in Hollywood--and American--history."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-315) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 gnd Subject Motion pictures, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Motion picture industry -- Germany -- History -- 20th century Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century National socialism and motion pictures. PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism. Performing Arts. Civilization -- American influences Motion picture industry Motion pictures, American National socialism and motion pictures Film Filmwirtschaft Nationalsozialismus Performing Arts. SUBJECT Germany -- Civilization -- American influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88005619 Subject Germany United States Los Angeles- Hollywood Deutschland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780674728349 0674728343

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