Austria made in Hollywood /

Vansant, Jacqueline, 1954-

Austria made in Hollywood / Jacqueline Vansant. - Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019. - 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Screen cultures. .

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Apr 2019).

Erich Stroheim, His Austria(ns), and Their US Contexts -- Cross-Cultural Encounters of the Intimate Kind: Hollywood's Americans in Love with Austria(ns), 1932-60 -- The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial Austria Fights Nazis, 1938-41 -- Reflections and Refractions of the Anschluss on the Hollywood Screen, 1941- -- Confronting and Escaping History: The Cardinal (1963) and The Sound of Music (1965) -- Conclusion: Hollywood's Austria-Its Past, Present, Future.

Considers over sixty Hollywood films set in Austria, examining the film industry, the influence of domestic factors on images of a foreign country, and the persistence of cliches.

9781787444577 (ebook)


Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.


Austria--In motion pictures.

791.43/658436