Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939

by Thomas Doherty

Book Overview

Between 1933 and 1939, representations of the Nazis and the full meaning of Nazism came slowly to Hollywood, growing more ominous and distinct only as the decade wore on. Recapturing what ordinary Americans saw on the screen during the emerging Nazi threat, Thomas Doherty reclaims forgotten films, such as Hitler's Reign of Terror (1934), a pioneering anti-Nazi docudrama by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr.; I Was a Captive of Nazi Germany...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231163932
• ISBN13: 9780231163934
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"