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World War II Propaganda Films Steven L. Berg, Ph.D. Associate Professor of English and History Schoolcraft College 4 November 2011
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Damaged Goods (1914) Image from Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!
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Exploitation Films Grew out of progressivism Grew out of progressivism –Expose –Education Subjects Subjects –Venereal disease –Drug addition –Prostitution –Back alley abortions –Child birth –Alternative lifestyles Nudism Homosexuality
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Reefer Madness (1936)
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A Movies Imaginary Ideal B Movies Exploitation Wholesome Unwholesome Education Entertainment Diagram from Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! (p. 155)
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Propaganda in Motion Pictures The Mortal Storm (1940) The Mortal Storm (1940) Foreign Correspondent (1940) Foreign Correspondent (1940) The Great Dictator (1941) The Great Dictator (1941) A Yank in the RAF (1941) A Yank in the RAF (1941) Image from: http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/ThisMonth/Article/0,,313,00.html Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
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Senate Investigates Hollywood Image from: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAnyeG.htm Senator Gerald Nye
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Hollywood Embraces Education Image from: http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/new_site/biography.php?id=462 Darryl F. Zanuck
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Image from: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/GeraldNye.html
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Private Snafu Teaches Image from: http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/42/snafu.htm#15 Spies, 1945
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Triumph des Willens (1935) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEpnG7b8i4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgEpnG7b8i4
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Eternal Jew (1940) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux61a6iTPI0&skipcontrinter=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux61a6iTPI0&skipcontrinter=1
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Der Fuehrer’s Face (1944) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpgSYbrw09g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpgSYbrw09g
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In Der Obamahrer’s Face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1K-ZWkwYRw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1K-ZWkwYRw
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