Reel Patriotism: The Movies and World War I (Wisconsin Studies in Film)

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Summary: Money was the name of the game then, too.
Review: DeBauche shows that while the U.S. Government usedHollywood to raise enlistments and money, and to encouragehome involvement in the war in general, Hollywood also benefitted from its patriotic partnership with the government, both during and after the war.
Above all, though Hollywood was no doubt sincere in its (trumpeted) patriotism, its decision-making was driven by rational evaluation of domestic and foreign markets.
Illustrated, with bibliography and index.

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