Hollywood's war with Poland, 1939-1945
By: M.B.B. Biskupski.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780813125596
Subjects: Polish people in motion pictures; World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war; Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States; Poland -- In motion pictures
Description: "Examines the roots of Hollywood's negative stereotyping of Poland and Polish people during a turbulent era. Throughout World War II, Hollywood succumbed to a variety of forces pushing it toward a negative portrayal of Poland, such as support for the Roosevelt administration's geopolitical agenda. Drawing from numerous archival sources, Biskupski challenges the widely held belief that radicalism had little influence on film content, examining the strong sympathy for the Soviet Union among Hollywood radicals and the ethnic rivalries that influenced film production"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Polish presence in American cinema before 1939; title: Poland in the Second World War; title: Radical Hollywood and Poland; title: The Roosevelt administration and film during the war; title: Hollywood's version of the war : the Polish films; title: Poland : fleeting, ambiguous, or omitted; title: Hollywood and the American Poles during the war; title: Why Hollywood was at war with the Poles.