Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

Movie

Documentary

This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major movie moguls who controlled the studios shared. Through clips of various films, the filmmakers illustrate the dominant themes like that of the outsider, the outspoken American patriotism, and rooting for the underdog in society.

Date: 03/22/1998

Rating: 6.0

Cast: R.H. Thomson, Neal Gabler, J. Hoberman, Arthur Tracy, Bernard Avishai, Hasia Diner, Thomas Cripps, Richard Kozarski, Judith Balaban, Cass Warner, Robert Rosen, Bob Thomas, A.C. Lyles, Aljean Harmetz, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Les Friedman, Irene Mayer Holt, Daniel Selznick, Betty Lasky, Betty Warner Sheinbaum, Jim Zukor, Stephen J. Whitfield, Edward Dmytryk, Abraham Polonsky, Walter Bernstein, Bruce Cohn Curtis

R.H. Thomson