A Divided World: Hollywood Cinema and Emigr? Directors in the Era of Roosevelt and Hitler, 1933-1948

by Nick Smedley

The New Deal introduced sweeping social, political and cultural change across the United States, which Hollywood embraced enthusiastically. Then, when the heady idealism of the 1930s was replaced by the paranoia of the postwar years, Hollywood became an easy target for the anticommunists. A Divided World examines some of the important programs of the New Deal and the subsequent response of the film community - especially in relation to social welfare,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841504025
• ISBN13: 9781841504025
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Intellect (UK)
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 8.9"