[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Europeans in Hollywood (1940s to the present)

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
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Library focuses on the influence that Europeans have had in Hollywood=
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in the 1940s and up to the present.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main=
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Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
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Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to reser=
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any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, call 2=
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623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


American Cinema of the 1940s: Themes and Variations.
Edited by Wheeler Winston Dixon.
Rutgers University Press, 2006.
(PN1993.5.U6 A8574 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0813537002
(Link includes table of contents)
"With the threat of the atom bomb lurking in the background and the=
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beginnings of the Hollywood Blacklist, the 1940s was a decade of cris=
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and change. Featuring essays by a group of respected film scholars an=
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historians, [this book] brings this dynamic and turbulent decade to=
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life. Illustrated with many rare stills and filled with provocative=
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insights, the volume will appeal to students, teachers, and to all=
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those interested in cultural history and American film of the twentie=
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century." -- from the back cover


Exiles in Hollywood.
David Wallace.
Limelight Editions, 2006.
(PN1993.5.U65 W34 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D9780879103299
(Link includes cover art and summary)
"Fleeing Nazi persecution, many of Europe's creative talents, includi=
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screen legend Greta Garbo and composer Igor Stravinsky, were...settli=
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in Los Angeles. It was the greatest flight of European cultural and=
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intellectual talent in history and for a time made Los Angeles an=
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international cultural capital. The arrival of these =E9migr=E9s chan=
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many things, but the most enduring change was to the movies, as they=
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brought the nihilistic cultural ambience of pre-World War II Berlin t=
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film, creating the brooding film noir style." -- from the back cover


Journeys of Desire: European Actors in Hollywood - A Critical Compani=
on.
Edited by Alastair Philips and Ginette Vincendeau.
BFI Publishing, 2006.
(PN1998.2.J68 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1844571246
(Link includes cover art and table of contents)
"Contributions from a team of 70 international experts provide ground=
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breaking case studies of prominent individuals and phenomena associat=
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with the =E9migr=E9s, such as the retired Russian officers who played=
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crowds in silent films, the stereotyping of European actresses in 'ba=
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women' roles, and the ultimate irony of Jewish actors playing Nazis.=
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Individual entries chart the careers and screen performances of the=
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European actors -- from Victoria Abril to Mai Zetterling [and includi=
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Marlene Dietrich, Charles Boyer, Antonio Banderas, and many others] -=
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who appeared in American movies." -- from back cover


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET=
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library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
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Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the lin=
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provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org