Exiles in Hollywood
Subtitle: major European film directors in America
By: Gene D. Phillips.
Publisher: Lehigh University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Bethlehem; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
Subjects: Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography; Germans -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography; Immigrants -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography
Description: This book deals with five European film directors - Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Billy Wilder, Otto Preminger, and Fred Zinnemann - who were forced into exile in the wake of the rise of Hitler, and who subsequently enriched the American motion picture industry with a reservoir of new talent that had been nurtured in Europe.

Of the many European moviemakers who suggested themselves, the author has chosen those who have made enduring works that still appeal to filmgoers today, as attested by their availability on television and on videocassette. The author conducted personal interviews with and corresponded with all five directors featured in this book, lending a "first-hand" dimension and increasing the book's merits as a work of original scholarship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-244) and index.
Filmography: p. 245-248.