Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-251) and index.
1. Snapshot : Hollywood and the nation, September 1929 -- 2. Trouble in paradise : October 1929 to February 1933 -- 3. The blue eagle : March 1933 to November 1936 -- 4. The swimming pool reds -- 5. Fanfare for the common man -- 6. The hays office -- 7. The left-handed endeavour -- 8. Cry of the city -- 9. Good citizenship and good picturemaking : Warner Brothers and the New Deal -- 10. Black fury : a microhistory of compromise -- 11. Foreign affairs -- 12. Snapshot : Hollywood and the nation, September 1939.
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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.
Hollywood in crisis.
Motion picture industry-- California-- Los Angeles-- History.