Hollywood Goes to War: How Politics, Profits and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies
"Beware of censors bearing high ideals. That's the message of Hollywood  Goes to War, a careful account of America's flirtation with cultural  commissarship during World War II. . . . The descriptions of behind-the-scenes  fiddling by bureaucrats (particularly with King Vidor's ambitious flop, 'An  American Romance,' which was 'transformed from a paean to rugged individualism  into a celebration of management-labor cooperation') are instructive. They  expose the political mentality of the time and the mentality of propagandists of  all times."  --Walter Goodman, New York Times  Book Review"Hollywood Goes to War is a thoroughly researched and informative study  of the motion picture industry in wartime, how the hundreds of movies it turned  out were slanted, manipulated and altered in furtherance of the war effort by  their makers acting in concert with government officials, with emphasis on the  disagreements, clashes and occasional open rebellions engendered by so uneasy a  collaboration."  --Philip Dunne, Chicago Sun-Times Book Week