According to Oscar

This episode was written using the following references:Gerber, D. A. (1994). Heroes and Misfits: The Troubled Social Reintegration of Disabled Veterans in “The Best Years of Our Lives.” American Quarterly, 46(4), 545–574.Harris, M. (2014). Fiv

Chapter 8 - Crossing the Pond

Sep 30th, 2022 25m 11s

This episode was written using the following references:Frank Nugent, “War’s Double-Entry”, New York Times, 17th September 1939, section A, p. 137Robert Sklar, Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies [New York: Random House, 1

Chapter 7 - Propaganda Worth a Hundred Battleships

Jul 31st, 2022 31m 15s

This episode was written using the following references:Leaving Rosebud, Leaving the Valley: Vestiges of Childhood in Two Classic Films from 1941. Kathy Merlock Jackson and Ray Merlock. The Journal of American Culture, Volume 29 Number 3, Septe

Chapter 6 - A Burst of Colour

May 31st, 2022 16m 54s

This episode was written using the following references:Flamini, R. (1975). Scarlett, Rhett, and a cast of thousands : the filming of ‘Gone With the Wind’. New York: Macmillan.Higgins, S. (2007). Harnessing the Technicolor rainbow : color desig

Chapter 5 - The 'J' Word

Mar 31st, 2022 18m 40s

This episode was written using the following references:Balio, T. (1993). Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939. New York: Scribner.Behlmer, R., (1985), Inside Warner Bros. (1935-1951).(New York: Viking Press.Denby

Chapter 4 - The Johns and the Janes

Feb 28th, 2022 25m 27s

This episode was written using the following references:American Film Institute. (2010, February 5). Frank Capra Accepts the 10th AFI Life Achievement Award in 1982 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t746ZVw09P4Balio,

Chapter 3 - The Boy Wonder

Jan 31st, 2022 34m 19s

This episode was written using the following references:Balio, T. (2012). Selling Stars: The Economic Imperative. In Neale, S. (ed.), The classical Hollywood reader (pp. 209-225). London: Routledge.Barrios, R. (1995). A song in the dark : the b

Chapter 2 - 20th Century Blues

Dec 31st, 2021 20m 14s

This episode was written using the following references:Balio, T. (1993). Grand design : Hollywood as a modern business enterprise, 1930-1939. New York: Scribner.Banita, G. (2013). Fossil Frontiers: American Petroleum History on Film. In Rosens

Introduction & Chapter 1 - Back to the Front

Nov 30th, 2021 25m 35s

This episode was written using the following references:Eksteins, M. (1980). War, Memory, and Politics: The Fate of the Film All Quiet on the Western Front. Central European History, 13(1), 60-82.Eyman, Scott (2005). Lion of Hollywood: the life

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