Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream

This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major movie moguls who controlled the studios shared. Through clips of various films, the filmmakers illustrate the dominant themes like that of the outsider, the outspoken American patriotism, and rooting for the underdog in society.

Cast

R.H. Thomson

Played Narrator
Neal Gabler

Played Himself
J. Hoberman

Played Himself
Arthur Tracy

Played Himself
Bernard Avishai

Played Himself
Hasia Diner

Played Herself
Thomas Cripps

Played Himself
Richard Kozarski

Played Himself
Judith Balaban

Played Herself
Cass Warner

Played Herself
Robert Rosen

Played Himself
Bob Thomas

Played Himself
A.C. Lyles

Played Himself
Aljean Harmetz

Played Herself
Jonathan Rosenbaum

Played Himself
Les Friedman

Played Himself
Irene Mayer Holt

Played Herself
Daniel Selznick

Played Himself
Betty Lasky

Played Herself
Betty Warner Sheinba…

Played Herself
Jim Zukor

Played Himself
Stephen J. Whitfield

Played Himself
Edward Dmytryk

Played Himself
Abraham Polonsky

Played Himself
Walter Bernstein

Played Himself
Bruce Cohn Curtis

Played Himself

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