Classic Hollywood and the 1941 Anti-N*zi Film Controversy

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#classicmovies #warmovies #worldwar2 Prior to America's entry into World War II, classic era Hollywood studios began to release a small number of films that drew the ire of isolationist senators in Washington DC. Believing these films were produced as interventionist propaganda meant to encourage the American public to abandon support of neutrality, the Senate conducted hearings in an effort to challenge Hollywood's stance.

🍿You can watch some of the films featured in the video here:
Underground
The Man I Married
A Yank in the RAF
Beast of Berlin
Man Hunt

💿You can find The Mortal Storm here:
Escape:
Sergeant York:
Confessions of a Nazi Spy:

📚Further Reading and Sources:
The Mortal Storm by Phyllis Bottome:
Hollywood Hates Hitler: Jew-Baiting, Anti-Nazism and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures by Christ Yogerst:
Hitler in Los Angeles by Steven J. Ross:
Hollywood Enlists! The Propaganda Films of World War Two by Ralph Donald:
Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne Olson:
The Warner Brothers Prove Their Patriotism:
Phyllis Bottome’s The Mortal Storm: Film and Controversy
America’s Top Nazi Sued Warner Bros. for Libel in 1939 Because He Didn’t Like the Movie Confessions of a Nazi Spy

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