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The Lives of Bengal Lancers (1935): Colonial Comaderie Sullied by Hitler

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Dec 17, 2019

In the imperialist traditions of the likes of Tarzan The Ape Man (1932), Gunga Din (1939) and even Lawrence of Arabia (1962) comes The Lives of Bengal Lancers. We cannot take the era or the colonial sentiments for granted like the contemporary viewer did since we must reconcile with the complicated read more

A Besta de Berlim (1939) / Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939)

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Sep 5, 2019

A Besta de Berlim (1939) / Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939) Alguns dias atrás lembramos os 80 anos desde o começo da Segunda Guerra Mundial. O filme de baixo orçamento “A Besta de Berlim” estreou um mês após o início da guerra. Trata-se de um artefato histórico muito read more

Warner Archive--Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Apr 25, 2016

From 1933 to 1940, more than 800 film professionals fled Nazi Germany for Hollywood. Despite challenges of language, finances, lodging and assimilation, many of them found success in America and even helped to shape the film industry.  In fact, in the years leading up to World War II, America read more

World War II Films: Hitler Satires

Classic Reel Girl Posted by BG Voita on Jun 30, 2014

Decades before "Springtime for Hitler" (Mel Brooks' The Producers), there were Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator and Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not To Be, two classic comedies, which respectively hold places 37 and 49 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs list. Both films poke f read more

Hail Hynkel: Chaplin’s Ingenious Critique of Hitler (2013)

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 2, 2014

Charlie Chaplin was not just a movie star, he was an American icon and his fame did not simply end in the States but reached all over the globe. Furthermore, his name is synonymous with the Little Tramp who is still widely known to this day. True, Chaplin had rough patches, through numerous marriage read more

WOMEN IN BONDAGE (1943) from Warner Archive: Hitler Wants Your Baby

Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Jun 17, 2013

If Lifetime had made movies during World War II, they might have resembled WOMEN IN BONDAGE (1943), a heavy-handed hybrid of soap opera, war movie, and women-in-prison picture from Poverty Row powerhouse Monogram. This rarely seen programmer recently made its home video debut on manufacture-on-deman read more

Book Review: When Hollywood Met Hitler

Classic Movies Posted by KC on Apr 24, 2013

Hollywood and Hitler: 1933-1939 Thomas Doherty Columbia University Press, 2013 Whenever I used to think of Nazis in Hollywood, I'd have visions of Bugs Bunny mocking the Führer or newsreels trumpeting the progress of US battles in World War II. I never thought of the period leading up to war, wher read more

Silent Movie Bookshelf: From Caligari to Hitler by Siegfried Kracauer

Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Feb 23, 2013

My somewhat tattered copy A psychological history of the German Film, if you want the full subtitle. I love silent German cinema; I admire its fierce creativity and its willingness to take crazy risks. And there is also, of course, Conrad Veidt. But enough of that. How is the book? Well, the title read more

The planned Hollywood palace for Hitler

Carole & Co. Posted by vp19 on Apr 30, 2012

In Carole Lombard's final film, "To Be Or Not To Be," she plays an actress converted into a member of the Warsaw underground after Germany invades Poland. But imagine a considerably altered universe, one where Lombard (the plane crash never happened) participates in a Hollywood underground after the read more

Hollywood Hates Hitler! by Chris Yogerst

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001

Hollywood Hates Hitler! Jew-baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures by Chris Yogerst University Press of Mississippi Paperback ISBN: 9781496829764 September 2020 208 pages Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's “Those skeptical of mo read more

Hollywood Hates Hitler! by Chris Yogerst

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001

Hollywood Hates Hitler! Jew-baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures by Chris Yogerst University Press of Mississippi Paperback ISBN: 9781496829764 September 2020 208 pages Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powell's “Those skeptical of mo read more

A Besta de Berlim (1939) / Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939)

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on Nov 30, -0001

A Besta de Berlim (1939) / Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939) Alguns dias atrás lembramos os 80 anos desde o começo da Segunda Guerra Mundial. O filme de baixo orçamento “A Besta de Berlim” estreou um mês após o início da guerra. Trata-se de um artefato histórico muito read more