Celluloid Soldiers : : The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism / / Michael E. Birdwell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Birdwell, Michael E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Time Line --; Introduction --; 1. Warner Bros. and the Opening Salvos against Nazism, 1934–1939 --; 2. Black Legion --; 3. The Road to Confessions of a Nazi Spy and Beyond --; 4. A Change of Heart --; 5. Using the Devil’s Tool to Do God’s Work --; 6. Hollywood under the Gun --; 7. “This Isn’t What We Had in Mind” --; Postscript --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814739259; 9783110716924
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814739259.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Michael E. Birdwell.

During the 1930s many Americans avoided thinking about war erupting in Europe, believing it of little relevance to their own lives. Yet, the Warner Bros. film studio embarked on a virtual crusade to alert Americans to the growing menace of Nazism. Polish-Jewish immigrants Harry and Jack Warner risked both reputation and fortune to inform the American public of the insidious threat Hitler's regime posed throughout the world. Through a score of films produced during the 1930s and early 1940s-including the pivotal Sergeant York-the Warner Bros. studio marshaled its forces to influence the American conscience and push toward intervention in World War II. Celluloid Soldiers offers a compelling historical look at Warner Bros.'s efforts as the only major studio to promote anti-Nazi activity before the outbreak of the Second World War.