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  • Celluloid Soldiers: The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism
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  • Michael E. Birdwell
  • 1999
  • Published by: NYU Press
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During the 1930s many Americans avoided thinking about war erupting in Europe, believing it of little relevance to their own lives. Yet, the Warner Bros. film studio embarked on a virtual crusade to alert Americans to the growing menace of Nazism.
Polish-Jewish immigrants Harry and Jack Warner risked both reputation and fortune to inform the American public of the insidious threat Hitler's regime posed throughout the world. Through a score of films produced during the 1930s and early 1940s-including the pivotal Sergeant York-the Warner Bros. studio marshaled its forces to influence the American conscience and push toward intervention in World War II.
Celluloid Soldiers offers a compelling historical look at Warner Bros.'s efforts as the only major studio to promote anti-Nazi activity before the outbreak of the Second World War.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Time Line
  2. pp. xi-xxii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-34
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  1. Black Legion: Fascism in the Heartland
  2. pp. 35-56
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  1. The Road to Confessions of a Nazi Spy and Beyond
  2. pp. 57-86
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  1. A Change of Heart: Alvin York and the Movie Sergeant York
  2. pp. 87-130
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  1. Using the Devil’s Tool to Do God’s Work: Sergeant York, America First, and the Intervention Debate
  2. pp. 131-153
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  1. Hollywood under the Gun: The Senate Investigation of Propagandain Motion Pictures
  2. pp. 154-171
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  1. “This Isn’t What We Had in Mind”
  2. pp. 172-176
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  1. Postscript
  2. pp. 177-178
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 179-224
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 225-258
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 259-265
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  1. About the Author
  2. p. 266
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