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The Hollywood Propaganda of World War II | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Fyne
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1210456
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 268
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0810833107
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9780810833104
ASIN: 0810833107
Publication Date: June 1994
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An in-depth study that examines WWII movies, analyzing many motifs, stereotypes, ficiton-as-fact, distortions, and prevarications that permeate this genre.
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Fascinating stuff for movie and history buffs August 24, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book immensely. Did you grow up watching such great classics as "Sergeant York", "A Yank in the RAF", "Sahara", "Flying Tigers", "Wake Island", "Gung Ho", and "Air Force". These are but a few of the great movies made during WWII to bolster American morale. There were also some real stinkers. I never cared much for "Mrs. Miniver", "Dragon Seed", "Days of Glory", and several others that were just plain bad of silly. This book explains the reason behind these films and some of the history of their making. The Office of War Information (OWI) was founded by the government to monitor the content of the war films fed to the American Public and set standards to follow and frameworks to work within. There is some very interesting stuff here. Why was Italy treated as a nonbelligerent? Why were Austria, Finland, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Rumania never mentioned? Why was there no distinction of Russian ethnic groups (they were all just simply Russians)? Why were Japanese depicted as barely more than monkeys and the Germans as stupid baffoons, but no racial slurs? This book gives great insight about Hollywood, the movies, and WWII.
Excellent September 12, 1998
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was extrodinary, and I recommend for everyone to read and purchase it.
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