ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Hollywood Enlists! : Propaganda Films of World War II.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Film and History SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (275 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442277274
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hollywood Enlists!DDC classification:
  • 303.3/75
LOC classification:
  • D743.23.D663 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Hollywood and Washington -- 2 The Guilt Appeal -- 3 Defining the Bad Guys -- 4 We Will Win! -- 5 God Is on Our Side! -- 6 Defending Our Homes -- Conclusion -- Annotated Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This book explores how the Hollywood studios used sophisticated strategies of propaganda to ideologically unite the country during WWII. Through such films as Casablanca, They Were Expendable, and others, the studios appealed to the public's sense of nationalism, demonized the enemy, and stressed that wartime sacrifices would result in triumph.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Hollywood and Washington -- 2 The Guilt Appeal -- 3 Defining the Bad Guys -- 4 We Will Win! -- 5 God Is on Our Side! -- 6 Defending Our Homes -- Conclusion -- Annotated Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This book explores how the Hollywood studios used sophisticated strategies of propaganda to ideologically unite the country during WWII. Through such films as Casablanca, They Were Expendable, and others, the studios appealed to the public's sense of nationalism, demonized the enemy, and stressed that wartime sacrifices would result in triumph.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.