| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 482 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The Crisis Abroad, 1937-1941. 1. Dim Clouds Behind the Glitter: American Feature Films Reflecting an Awareness of World Events, 1932-1936. 2. The Slide Towards Belligerency: An Overview, 1937-1941. 3. With Their Guard Down: The Nye Committee. 4. Contraband Messages: References Within Films to World Events. 5. Films Against War and American Involvement in Conflict Overseas. 6. Hollywood's "Good Neighbor Policy" Toward Latin America. 7. Americanism: The Promotion of "American Ideals" Through Films with Historical Settings. 8. Service Pictures: In Peace and Preparing for War. 9. Espionage: The Fifth Column Lurks Behind the Screen. 10. Cinematic Vigilance Against the Totalitarian Regimes. 11. Stop Hitler Now! Isolationism Dies in Hollywood After the Fall of France. 12. Cinematic Cheering for the Sentimental Favorites: Pro-French and Pro-English Films Come to the Front. 13. Hollywood's Selectees on the March. 14. Non-Feature Length Films Reflecting an Awareness of World Events, 1933-1941 -- Filmography to Part One -- pt. 2. Waging War, 1942-1945. 15. Fighting Fascism on the Cinematic Front: The Seductive Language and Imagery of Film Propaganda. 16. Reluctant Heroes: America's Armed Forces as Depicted in Films. 17. "We're in This Together": America's Minorities and the War Effort. 18. "United Nations": Hollywood's Portrayal of America's Allies. 19. Images Americans Loved to Hate: Germans, Japanese and Italians on Screen. 20. Soldiers Without Uniforms: Wartime Resistance Films. 21. "Loose Lips Sink Ships": Spies, Saboteurs and Traitors. 22. Scrap Happy: Home Front Activities on Film. 23. Soldiers of the Home Front: The Battle of Production. 24. Deprivation for the Duration: Rationing and Shortages. 25. "Turn Out That Light!": Home Defense. 26. The Junior Army and Youth Running Wild. 27. Two Hour Furloughs: The Lighter Side. 28. When the War Is Over: Postwar Planning -- Filmography to Part Two -- Filmographic App. A: Feature Length Films Named as Pro-War Propaganda by Gerald Nye and Other Noninterventionists -- Filmographic App. B: American Feature Films Reflecting an Awareness of International Issues, 1932-1936 -- Filmographic App. C: American Film Serials Reflecting an Awareness of the World Crisis, 1937-1945 -- Filmographic App. D: Selected American Fictional Short Subjects Reflecting an Awareness of the World Crisis, 1937-1945 -- Filmographic App. E: British Features with References to the World Crisis Released Through American Studios, 1937-1945 -- Filmographic App. F: Possibly Relevant Films -- Filmographic App. G: Films Released in October-December 1945 Containing War-Relevant Material |
| Summary |
""Comprehensive ... recommended ... definitive""--Library Journal; ""no other book comes close ... recommended""--Choice. Part one focuses on movies that reflected America's increasing uneasiness. Part two reveals that many movies made from 1942 through 1945 included at least some allusion to World War II |
| Analysis |
Cinema Films (Motion pictures) Special subjects Wars |
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United States |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-453) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Film catalogs
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War films -- United States
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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War and motion pictures
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War films
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Kriegsfilm
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Weltkrieg 1939-1945
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Film catalogs.
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War films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Geschichte 1937-1945.
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United States
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USA
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Film catalogs
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wilt, David E., 1955-
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| ISBN |
9781476621784 |
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1476621780 |
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