This book investigates European efforts to overcome the American film industry's international pre-eminence.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The United States: 1. The domestic roots of Hollywood's foreign policy: censorship and corporatism in the formation of the MPPDA, 1921-41; 2. Hollywood and the State department: overseas expansion and America's subversion; 3. The MPAA and the State department: order and autonomy in the postwar world; Part II. Great Britain: 4. Grierson, the documentary spirit and the projection of Britain; 5. The Korda road to riches, recovery and ruin; 6. The age of rank; 7. The US-UK film conflict: the fading dream of mastering Hollywood; Part III. Two Continental Case Studies: Belgium and France: 8. Belgium and the making of an international Catholic film movement; 9. France and resistance to Hollywood: empire, artisans and the state; 10. France and the politics of state intervention; Conclusion; Notes; Selected bibliography; Filmography; Index.
