Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus talk with author and historian Dr. Chris Yogerst about the uproar sparked by a few isolationist senators who accused Hollywood’s early anti-Nazi films of promoting war. Their ill-fated investigation became a national spectacle, splashed across newspapers for all to see.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - Introductions
00:02:07 - Introduction to Hollywood’s Historical Context
00:04:00 - Why Hollywood?
00:06:08 - The State of Hollywood in the Great Depression and The Lead Up to WWII
00:09:06 - Understanding Propaganda in Hollywood Movies
00:12:49 - What Caused the Senate to Investigate Hollywood?
00:18:18 - The Rise of Isolationism vs. Interventionism
00:20:53 - The Hays Code And The Hollywood Response to Current Events
00:26:48 The Role of Movies in Public Perception
00:28:26 - The Senate Investigates Hollywood
00:32:34 - The Disconnect Between Politicians and Technology
00:35:11 - Reactions to The Investigation
00:37:03 - The Role of Evidence and The Underlying Prejudice
00:41:09 - Was Everyone In On It?
00:42:52 - Studipidity and Dog Whistles
00:44:27 - Media Coverage and Public Perception
00:48:19 - Shifting Political Rhetoric Post-Pearl Harbor
00:50:48 - Why Did You Choose This Topic?
00:55:21 - Where Should People Visit
00:58:24 - The Three Movies People Should Watch

EPISODE LINKS:
Dr. Chris Yogerst – https://www.chrisyogerst.com
Substack – https://chrisyogerst.substack.com
BlueSky – https://bsky.app/profile/chrisyogerst.com
Hollywood Hates Hitler!: Jew-Baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures – https://www.ubcpress.ca/hollywood-hates-hitler
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – https://www.unmpress.com/9780826368386/the-man-who-shot-liberty-valance/
The Warner Brothers – https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813198019/the-warner-brothers/
The Great Dictator – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032553/
Black Legion – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027367/
Why We Fight films – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7jF6pEM23dcE3HsS8QsS2L3lx4Do98Jp
Charles E. Coughlin – https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/charles-e-coughlin
America First Committee – https://www.britannica.com/topic/America-First-Committee
Charles Lindberg – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Lindbergh
Gerald Nye – https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hollywood-blacklist#ref1191115
Hitler in Los Angeles – https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/steven-j-ross
The Hays Code – https://www.britannica.com/art/Hays-Code
Joseph Breen – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033952/
Leo Frank Case – https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/frank-petition.html
Confessions of a Nazi Spy – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031173/
House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) – https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-Un-American-Activities-Committee
Bennett Champ Clark – https://dcchs.org/judges/clark-bennett-champ/
Wendell Willkie – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wendell-Willkie
Ernest McFarland – https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=MC022
Harry Warner – https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0912481/bio/
Charlie Chaplin – https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charlie-Chaplin
Dorothy Thompson – https://erpapers.columbian.gwu.edu/dorothy-thompson-1893-1961
Thomas Doherty – https://scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/profile/thomas_doherty/overview
The Mortal Storm – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032811/

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