Study by Nick Smedley of Hollywood in the 1930s-1940s and the nature of its support for the reforms of Franklin Roosevelt, its desire to take up arms against Hitler and its hostility towards female emancipation. The study also looks at Fritz Lang, Ernst Lubitsch and Billy Wilder - European directors who transferred to America and produced their own accounts of life there during this time.

Item number 40881
Category Book
Type Directors
Language English
Country of origin UK
Related people Nick Smedley (Author)