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Warners’ War: The Book
Armed with one of Hollywood’s most powerful studios, Harry and Jack Warner fought a personal crusade against Hitler. Warners’ War brings to light treasures from the USC Warner Bros. Archives, including...
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Warners’ War: Politics, Pop Culture & Propaganda in Wartime Hollywood
The connection between Hollywood and American politics became an increasingly pertinent area of inquiry after the 9/11 attacks. The marriage between the media, its moguls, and the American political...
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Warners’ War: The Exhibition
October 1 – December 13, 2003 This exhibition, based on the collection of the USC Warner Bros. Archives, examined the marriage between purveyors of filmic culture and the American political machine....
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This stirring discussion featured Frank Pierson, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, English Professor Leo Braudy (author of The Frenzy of Renown), Cinema Professor Dana...
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Warners War Screening: Confessions of a Nazi Spy
October 28, 2003 The Lear Center organized a public screening of Confessions of a Nazi Spy, Warner Bros infamous anti-fascist film. Watch the trailer. Click here to view the video on YouTube. The...
View ArticleWarners’ War: Obligations Above and Beyond: Remembering Harry Warner
Betty Warner Sheinbaum offers a heartfelt tribute to the movie achievements and American ideals of her father, Harry Warner. At his urging, Warner Bros was the first studio to close its German office...
View ArticleWarners’ War: Confessions of a Nazi Spy : Warner Bros., Anti-Fascism and the...
USC History Professor Steven J. Ross tells the exciting story behind Warner Bros. 1939 release, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, which became a milestone in American cinema as the first major studio...
View ArticleWarners’ War: Waging Warners’ War
This essay brings to light treasures from the USC Warner Bros. Archives and explores one studio’s profound commitment to the battle against anti-Semitism and fascism in the U.S. and abroad. The post...
View ArticleWarners’ War: Politics, Pop Culture & Propaganda in Wartime Hollywood
This exhibition featured film stills and publicity materials from Casablanca, Mission to Moscow, and Confessions of a Nazi Spy, a movie that prompted a Senate investigation in 1941. Betty Warner...
View ArticleWarners’ War: Confessions of a Hollywood Propagandist : Harry Warner, FDR and...
Communication Professor Nancy Snow details the moral obligation Harry Warner felt to support American values and fight Axis powers, the attacks on him by other Americans, and the benefits and risks...
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