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This paper explores the impact of the World Wars on Hollywood's views and representations of Germany in film. The paper contends that Hollywood did not engage in propaganda as is commonly charged. This view is quite different when considered in light of other studies of 20th century film.

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" The thesis of this paper is that Hollywood's view of Germany, impacted by World Wars I and II, was expressed in its movies, and though fluctuating with politics and concerned with profit, did not engage in propaganda as is commonly charged. "Film history, after all, is not just the story of stars, technology, films or genres. It is also--and this applies particularly to Germany--always the story of the political and social development of the country where the films are being made" ("Marlene"). This also applied to the United States as well because the shift of..."

Tags:hollywood's, view, germany

Abstract
This paper explains that Hollywood's interpretation of Germany's participation in World Wars I and II fluctuated between politics and concern for profits but did not engage in propaganda as commonly charged. The author points out that independent movie producers, surged into the international market during World War I, which provided them with one of its greatest sources of plots and profits, such as D.W. Griffith's "Hearts of the World" (1918). The paper relates that the majority of the films were anti-war and action/war adventures made after the war, such as "The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse" (1924). The author relates that Hollywood films of the 1960s and 1970s revisited the anti-German theme and highlighted American heroism, such as "The Dirty Dozen" (1967); however, the the most outstanding film was Stanley Kramer's black and white "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961). The paper cites many films and includes many quotations.

From the Paper
"There was one firm that did: Warner Bros. They shut down their German operations in 1933, three years before Hitler limited the release of American films. By 1939, the European market was closed off. In 1940 Will Hays, the dour President of the Motion Picture Production and Distribution Association (MPPDA), lifted the ban on anti-Nazi films that he had imposed after "Confessions of a Nazi Spy", and the cameras began to roll against Nazi Germany and for the defense of the United States. "Sergeant York" (1941) actually harked back to Tennessee farmer Alvin York's heroics in World War I."

Tags:isolationist, patriotism, propaganda, warner, heroism

Abstract
This paper looks at the impact of Hollywood upon Canadian popular culture and in particular Canadian film making. The paper argues that while some good has come out of Hollywood dominating the Canadian market, there are a number of reasons why the Canadian film industry cannot continue to cede more than 98 percent of the domestic market to big budget Hollywood films. The following paper reviews the history of the American cultural penetration into Canada as a result of Hollywood and examines also how Canada situation is not unique.

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"There is arguably no nation in the world that is more inundated with American culture than Canada - mostly because of its proximity, but also because of the fact that the two nations have always shared a common English or British heritage. The following paper argues that the dominance of Hollywood within Canada has brought some good - employment for individuals within the Canadian film industry, access to world-class technology and to world-class American talent - but it has also brought a great deal of trouble - not least of all, a reduced native interest (or ability) in establishing a uniquely Canadian film industry - and this trouble is something that Canadian leaders will have to continue to grapple with if they wish to carve out a distinctly Canadian popular culture in the twenty-first century. "

Tags:hollywood, canada, culture

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This paper examines the structure of Hollywood film production. The paper also discusses the major Hollywood production companies' struggle with antitrust laws. Finally, the paper explains the reasons for the government investigations of Hollywood studios.

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"During this approximated 30 year period a clear rise and fall can be dissected and studied to the extent of a full understanding of its era. The emerging progression of the industry began in the early 1890's but began full launch around 1905 when full hour-length movies were presented to a growing audience of interest.*(The Rise Of Hollywood, The Oxford Guide Film Studies) The new technology of movie making developed the industry during this early period but was brought to a halt progression upon the introduction of sound. Technology was essentially the beginnings of movie making in its entirety, but throughout the industry over its entire history, technology has played the most influential part in the progression and innovations of film success. The success of a 1927's film that was the first feature-length sound movie increased to the then midsized Warner Bros. studio. The following year brought forth even more success through further induction of sound into full-length sound inclusive films. "

Tags:film, hollywood, television, government

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Hollywood blacklisting was a consequence of rampant Cold War paranoia in America. The Cold War profoundly affected every sphere of American society and politics, especially during the McCarthy Era of the nineteen-fifties when fears of communist influence and espionage within the United States were widespread, and suspicions about the loyalty of one's fellow citizens were heightened by political demagoguery and partisan witch hunts. The most well-known of these suspected communists or fellow travelers were members of the Hollywood elite, who were subjected to intense investigations and pilloried in the press without much regard for their freedom of speech rights. This paper examines the McCarthy Era and the impact it had on America, focusing specifically on the witch hunts conducted in the film industry.

Tags:hollywood, blacklist, analysis

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This paper examines the success of the Hard Rock Cafe, and compares that to the failure of Planet Hollywood in eight key areas. It compares the background of each of these themed restaurants and examines key factors that contributed to success and failure.

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"Hard Rock Cafe and Planet Hollywood both began as themed restaurants catering to a specific niche market..."

Tags:hard rock cafe, planet hollywood, management

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The paper discusses how Hollywood renaissance film makers like Dennis Hopper, who came to prominence in the 1970s, were concerned with the tastes of the vast new audience of young people who had come of age during the turbulent 1960s. The paper explains that they wanted films to reflect real life and real issues and to be about real people and their real problems. Their style of film making was epitomized by Easy Rider, which realistically portrayed the sex, drugs and rock and roll rebellion, promiscuity, racism, corrupt politics and alienation that were all common elements in the lives of so many young Americans.

Tags:hollywood, renaissance, film

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The paper discusses how what was formerly West Germany, now part of the re-unified Germany, achieved a major period of development after World War II to become the economic powerhouse in Europe. The paper relates that Germany prior to that was unified first in the nineteenth century and would then fight two World Wars in the twentieth century, losing both. The paper further relates that after the First World War, the victorious Allies sought both to punish Germany and to assure that Germany would not be able to attack her neighbors again, but the effort failed and in fact backfired, giving Germany more reason to try to reassert her power. The paper discusses how after World War II, the victors handled the situation differently, dividing Germany in two and imposing various means of monitoring the situation.

From the Paper
"What was formerly West Germany, now part of the re-unified Germany, achieved a major period of development after World War II to become the economic powerhouse in Europe. Germany prior to that was unified first in the nineteenth century and would then fight two World Wars in the twentieth century, losing both. After the First World War, the victorious Allies sought both to punish Germany and to assure that Germany would not be able to attack her neighbors again. The effort failed and in fact backfired, giving Germany more reason to try to reassert her power. After World War II, the victors handled the situation differently, dividing..."

Tags:germany, economics, politics

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This essay examines the role of women and motherhood during the 1930?s, when the Nazi regime took over Germany. It takes a hard look at the views and opinions about women by the leaders of the Nazi regime.

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"The Nazi regime's views of what a woman's role should be and what they actually were, were very different. A woman's place was in the home, looking after her husband, her home, and most importantly, her children. The Nazi ideology saw women as inferior to men, a woman should be at home and having children, "Kinder, Kirche, Kuche". Goebbels said "a woman's primary, rightful, and appropriate place is in the family, and the most wonderful task that she can perform is to present her country and people with children."[i] The image of marriage and motherhood was sold not only as a benefit to the individual and family but also an obligation to the state. The regime believed in this so much that women could apply for marriage loans, where a woman who was getting married could apply for a marriage loan, on the proviso that she left the job market. "

Tags:germany, history, hitler, motherhood, nazi, roles, homemaker, women, marriage, ideology

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This essay researches Germany's history from industrialization to the post modern period in an effort to relate Germany's history and economic development to the way fascism and Nazism developed. From there, it is investigated whether Soviet rule in the east, or Allied rule in the west better suited Germany's historical developments. It was the allied capitalist system that better suited Germany, as seen in the "West German Miracle".

Tags:allied, berlin, east, germany, ii, stalin, wall, war, west, world