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1294943Hollywoods War with Poland, 19391945https://www.gandhi.com.mx/hollywood-s-war-with-poland-1939-1945/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/196018/0bb83af7-e02d-4b3d-a658-2e4def656409.jpg?v=638333768921470000188229MXNThe University Press of KentuckyInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>This passionate, carefully researched, richly detailed, well-written study reveals the political motives behind WWII Hollywoods portrayal of Poles (<em>Choice</em>).</strong></p><p>During World War II, Hollywood studios supported the war effort by making patriotic movies designed to raise the nations morale. Often the characterizations were as black and white as the movies themselves: Americans and their allies were heroes, while everyone else was a villain.</p><p>The peoples of Norway, France, Czechoslovakia, and England were all good because they had been invaded or victimized by Nazi Germany. Yet Polandthe first country to be invaded by the Third Reichwas repeatedly represented in a negative light. In this prize-winning study, Polish historian M. B. B. Biskupski explores why.</p><p>Biskupski presents a close critical study of prewar and wartime films such as <em>To Be or Not to Be</em>, <em>In Our Time</em>, and <em>None Shall Escape</em>. Through memoirs, letters, diaries, and memoranda written by screenwriters, directors, studio heads, and actors, Biskupski examines how the political climate, and especially pro-Soviet sentiment, influenced Hollywood films of the time.</p><p><strong>Winner of the Oscar Halecki Prize</strong><br /><strong>A <em>Choice</em> Outstanding Academic Title</strong></p>...1284539Hollywoods War with Poland, 19391945188229https://www.gandhi.com.mx/hollywood-s-war-with-poland-1939-1945/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/196018/0bb83af7-e02d-4b3d-a658-2e4def656409.jpg?v=638333768921470000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109780813139326_W3siaWQiOiJmNjAxYTg0OC02MjM1LTRkM2EtOTg1OC0zNGFmYjg2MGE4MDIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE4OCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDQtMTBUMTY6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780813139326_<p><strong>This passionate, carefully researched, richly detailed, well-written study reveals the political motives behind WWII Hollywoods portrayal of Poles (<em>Choice</em>).</strong></p><p>During World War II, Hollywood studios supported the war effort by making patriotic movies designed to raise the nations morale. Often the characterizations were as black and white as the movies themselves: Americans and their allies were heroes, while everyone else was a villain.</p><p>The peoples of Norway, France, Czechoslovakia, and England were all good because they had been invaded or victimized by Nazi Germany. Yet Polandthe first country to be invaded by the Third Reichwas repeatedly represented in a negative light. In this prize-winning study, Polish historian M. B. B. Biskupski explores why.</p><p>Biskupski presents a close critical study of prewar and wartime films such as <em>To Be or Not to Be</em>, <em>In Our Time</em>, and <em>None Shall Escape</em>. Through memoirs, letters, diaries, and memoranda written by screenwriters, directors, studio heads, and actors, Biskupski examines how the political climate, and especially pro-Soviet sentiment, influenced Hollywood films of the time.</p><p><strong>Winner of the Oscar Halecki Prize</strong><br /><strong>A <em>Choice</em> Outstanding Academic Title</strong></p>...9780813139326_The University Press of Kentuckylibro_electonico_4f5ab9fc-7569-3f46-88df-894c405d1102_9780813139326;9780813139326_9780813139326M.B.B. BiskupskiInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-f55fa913-41b5-46d8-929d-c99b3c57ac0d.epub2010-01-08T00:00:00+00:00The University Press of Kentucky