Bücher der Reihe Studies and Documentation in the History of Popular Entertainment

Tells the story of how seventeen radio dramatists and their actors fought a war of words against fascism abroad and injustice at home. This book will appeal to readers interested in the use of propaganda to mobilize a nation at war, as well as old time radio enthusiasts.

Bertensson's observations of life in Hollywood on the eve of the talkies revolution provide us with a compelling snapshot of movie history in the making, seen from the unusual perspective of an outsider.

When Agee agreed to write a five-part script for the infant television industry's series Omnibus, he had to work within his own and his society's ideological and institutional conflicts.