Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929-1939, Volume 10Hollywood in Crisis is a detailed study of the workings of the American film industry during the 1930s. Colin Schindler, looking at Hollywood as an agent of Roosevelt's New Deal and the attempts made by film moguls and movie makers to withstand the political turmoil that threatened to engulf America. Schindler illustrates how the studios and their products, from the glamour of MGM stars and escapist musicals to gangster movies and Westerns, even to the 'radical' films of the Warner studios, helped foster ideas of social unity and patriotism. |
Contents
THE SWIMMING POOL REDS | 4 |
GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GOOD PICTURE | 157 |
A MICROHISTORY | 174 |
FOREIGN AFFAIRS | 195 |
HOLLYWOOD AND THE NATION | 212 |
Filmography | 240 |
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