Title:
Hollywood's war with Poland, 1939-1945 / M.B.B. Biskupski.
Author:
Biskupski, Mieczysław B.
Publication Information:
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.
Call Number:
PN1995.9 .P54 B57 2010
Abstract:
"Examines the roots of Hollywood's negative stereotyping of Poland and Polish people during a turbulent era. Throughout World War II, Hollywood succumbed to a variety of forces pushing it toward a negative portrayal of Poland, such as support for the Roosevelt administration's geopolitical agenda. Drawing from numerous archival sources, Biskupski challenges the widely held belief that radicalism had little influence on film content, examining the strong sympathy for the Soviet Union among Hollywood radicals and the ethnic rivalries that influenced film production"--Dust jacket.
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ISBN:
9780813125596
Physical Description:
xii, 362 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
The Polish presence in American cinema before 1939 -- Poland in the Second World War -- Radical Hollywood and Poland -- The Roosevelt administration and film during the war -- Hollywood's version of the war : the Polish films -- Poland : fleeting, ambiguous, or omitted -- Hollywood and the American Poles during the war -- Why Hollywood was at war with the Poles.
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