The collaboration : Hollywood's pact with Hitler

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Label

The collaboration : Hollywood's pact with Hitler

Title remainder

Hollywood's pact with Hitler

Statement of responsibility

Ben Urwand

Creator

• Urwand, Ben, 1977-

Author

• Urwand, Ben, 1977-

Subject

• Germany
• Los Angeles- Hollywood
• 1900-1999
• Civilization -- American influences
• Motion picture industry -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• History
• Motion pictures, American
• Filmwirtschaft
• Motion picture industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• National socialism and motion pictures
• Nationalsozialismus
• Film
• National socialism and motion pictures
• Deutschland
• United States
• Motion picture industry
• Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
• Motion pictures, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th century
• Germany -- Civilization | American influences

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

• Explores "how Hollywood and especially the big studios went along with German demands to censor movies not only before but especially after the Nazi seizure of power"--Back of dust jacket
• "To continue doing business in Germany after Hitler's ascent to power, Hollywood studios agreed not to make films that attacked the Nazis or condemned Germany's persecution of Jews. Ben Urwand reveals this bargain for the first time--a 'collaboration' (Zusammenarbeit) that drew in a cast of characters ranging from notorious German political leaders such as Goebbels to Hollywood icons such as Louis B. Mayer. At the center of Urwand's story is Hitler himself, who was obsessed with movies and recognized their power to shape public opinion. In December 1930, his Party rioted against the Berlin screening of All Quiet on the Western Front, which led to a chain of unfortunate events and decisions. Fearful of losing access to the German market, all of the Hollywood studios started making concessions to the German government, and when Hitler came to power in January 1933, the studios--many of which were headed by Jews--began dealing with his representatives directly. Urwand shows that the arrangement remained in place through the 1930s, as Hollywood studios met regularly with the German consul in Los Angeles and changed or canceled movies according to his wishes. Paramount and Fox invested profits made from the German market in German newsreels, while MGM financed the production of German armaments. Painstakingly marshaling previously unexamined archival evidence, The Collaboration raises the curtain on a hidden episode in Hollywood--and American--history."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

791.430973/0943

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PN1993.5.G3

LC item number

U79 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

000133759