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CINEMA’S EXILES: FROM HITLER TO HOLLYWOOD traces the experiences of the Jews who fled Nazi Germany and took refuge in Hollywood, and examines their impact on both the German and the American cinemas.
Dec 2nd, 2008 |
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CINEMA’S EXILES: FROM HITLER TO HOLLYWOOD traces the experiences of the Jews who fled Nazi Germany and took refuge in Hollywood, and examines their impact on both the German and the American cinemas.
The exiles participate in the war effort, including entertaining troops on leave, selling war bonds and becoming air raid wardens.
Actress Hedy Lamarr arrives in Hollywood in 1937, and is quickly cast in her first feature, Algiers, in 1938.
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