{"product_id":"making-movies-black-thomas-cripps-9780195076691","title":"Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era","description":"This is the second volume of Thomas Cripps's definitive history of African-Americans in Hollywood. It covers the period from World War II through the civil rights movement of the 1960s, examining this period through the prism of popular culture. \u003cem\u003eMaking Movies Black\u003c\/em\u003e shows how movies anticipated and helped form America's changing ideas about race. Cripps contends that from the liberal rhetoric of the war years--marked as it was by the propaganda catchwords brotherhood and tolerance--came movies that defined a new African-American presence both in film and in American society at large. He argues that the war years, more than any previous era, gave African-American activists access to centers of cultural influence and power in both Washington and Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e Among the results were an expanded black imagery on the screen during the war--in combat movies such as \u003cem\u003eBataan\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCrash Dive\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSahara\u003c\/em\u003e; musicals such as \u003cem\u003eStormy Weather\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCabin in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e; and government propaganda films such as \u003cem\u003eThe Negro Soldier\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWings for this Man\u003c\/em\u003e (narrated by Ronald Reagan!). After the war, the ideologies of both black activism and integrationism persisted, resulting in the 'message movie' era of \u003cem\u003ePinky\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHome of the Brave\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNo Way Out\u003c\/em\u003e, a form of racial politics that anticipated the goals of the Civil Rights Movement.\u003cbr\u003e Delving into previously inaccessible records of major Hollywood studios, among them Warner Bros., RKO, and 20th Century-Fox, as well as records of the Office of War Information in the National Archives, and records of the NAACP, and interviews with survivors of the era, Cripps reveals the struggle of both lesser known black filmmakers like Carlton Moss and major figures such as Sidney Poitier.\u003cbr\u003e More than a narrative history, \u003cem\u003eMaking Movies Black\u003c\/em\u003e reaches beyond the screen itself with sixty photographs, many never before published, which illustrate the mood of the time. Revealing the social impact of the classical Hollywood film, \u003cem\u003eMaking Movies Black\u003c\/em\u003e is the perfect book for those interested in the changing racial climate in post-World War II American life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas Cripps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195076699\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195076691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.15w x 1.01d","brand":"Thomas Cripps","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202102018303,"sku":"9780195076691","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9e4c8c0c-bfeb-40b7-8f3e-9945f3c05002.jpg?v=1756819648","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-movies-black-thomas-cripps-9780195076691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}