One World, Big Screen: Hollywood, the Allies, and World War II

by M. Todd Bennett

Book Overview

World War II coincided with cinema's golden age. Movies now considered classics were created at a time when all sides in the war were coming to realize the great power of popular films to motivate the masses. Through multinational research, One World, Big Screen reveals how the Grand Alliance--Britain, China, the Soviet Union, and the United States--tapped Hollywood's impressive power to shrink the distance and bridge the differences that separated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469628309
• ISBN13: 9781469628301
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"