Reelpolitik: Political Ideologies in '30s and '40s Films

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With reference to eight classic American movies, "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", "Mignificent Ambersons", "Gabriel Over the White House", "Citizen Kane", "Casablanca", "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Daily Bread" and "The Fountainhead", this text explores the political ideologies thrumming through the American psyche during a period of national catastrophe and triumph.

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BEVERLY MERRILL KELLEY is Professor and Chair of the Communication Arts Department at California Lutheran University. In addition to numerous academic articles and papers, she writes a newspaper column, hosts a weekly radio show on a National Public Radio affiliate and a television show on a local educational channel. She is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times.