Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

November 19, 2020
fascism, Hollywood Fights Fascism, World War II

Classic films were often extraordinary chroniclers of their own times.  Despite the cozy nostalgia that may come to mind when we think of cl...

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Agustus 15, 2019
Albert Basserman, Carl Sandburg, Claudette Colbert, Craig Stevens, David O. Selznick, Emma Lazarus, fascism, Jennifer Jones, Nazimova, Since You Went Away, World War II

Since You Went Away (1944) is a tribute to the American home front during World War II, its cozy, meandering plot glowing with quiet moment...

It Can't Happen Here - The movie that was never made.

It Can't Happen Here - The movie that was never made.

April 12, 2018
Basil Rathbone, fascism, It Can't Happen Here, Lewis Stone, Lionel Barrymore, Louis B. Mayer, Sinclair Lewis, Virginia Bruce, Walter Connolly

It Can’t Happen Here is possibly the most important movie that was never made. It did have a cast: Lionel Barrymore was to be the star, pla...