Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era
"Making Movies Blackis thick description of the best kind, a multilayered cultural and intellectual history of both postwar American film and racial justice."--Journal of Communication, Summer 1995"Cripp's genius lies as much as in what he shows us about what is not seen on the screen as what is. For that reason alone, every student of twentieth-century American culture would learn much from reading this important, vital book."--American Historical Review"Packed with social perspective, Hollywood studio's production records, personal interviews and government documents, Thomas Cripps leaves no stone unturned or race related B-movie unnoticed in his excellent examination of racial politics in Hollywood....Compelling and enlightening...simply a must for any serious study of filmmaking."--Public News"In a worthy successor to his 'Slow Fade to Black', Cripps presents a very detailed history of African Americans in Hollywood from WW II through the civil rights movement of the 1950s.  Impressively researched."--Choice - December 1993