Beschreibung:
Colin Shindler was born in Lancashire and educated at Bury Grammar School and Caius College, Cambridge. He is a television producer and has worked on many dramas from A Little Princess to Lovejoy, and wrote the screenplay for Buster. He is the author of Hollywood goes to War (1980). Colin lives in London with his American wife, two children and the neurosis which comes from supporting Manchester City.
A detailed study of the workings of the American film industry during the 1930s. Schindler illustrates how the studios helped to foster ideas of social unity and patriotism.
Chapter 1 Snapshot; Chapter 2 Trouble in Paradise; Chapter 3 The Blue Eagle; Chapter 4 The Swimming Pool Reds; Chapter 5 Fanfare for the Common Man; Chapter 6 The Hays Office; Chapter 7 The Left-Handed Endeavour; Chapter 8 Cry of the City; Chapter 9 Good Citizenship and Good Picture-Making; Chapter 10 Black Fury; Chapter 11 Foreign Affairs; Chapter 12 Snapshot;