Projections of war
Subtitle: Hollywood, American culture, and World War II
By: Thomas Doherty.
Series: Film and culture
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war; Motion pictures -- United States -- History; War films -- United States
Description: "Thomas Doherty reveals how and why Hollywood marshaled its artistic resources on behalf of the war effort and interprets the cultural meanings and enduring legacies of the motion picture record of the war years. He explains the social, political, and economic forces that created such genre classics as Mrs. Miniver, as well as comedies, musicals, newsreels, documentaries, cartoons, and army training films. He examines the Hollywood Production Code, government propaganda films, the portrayal of women and minorities in films of the period, and Hollywood's role in World War I and Vietnam."--GoogleBooks.
Notes: Includes filmography (p. [317]-326), bibliographical references (p. [327]-363), and indexes.
"Revised and updated to include recent WWII films"--P. [1] of cover.