Thomas Patrick Doherty Livres

This book explores the four-year interval between 1930 and 1934, a time when censorship was lax and Hollywood made the most of it. Doherty chronicles how the freewheeling films of an unrestricted Hollywood inform the culture of America in the 1930s.

In this cultural history of the USA during World War II, Thomas Doherty examines the interaction between Hollywood cinema and America's involvement in the war. He reveals how and why Hollywood marshalled its artistic resources on behalf of the war effort, giving a voice to many different groups' viewpoints: the motion picture industry itself; government agencies; and audiences at home and overseas.

Thomas Doherty offers a lively and comprehensive cultural history of the media coverage of the abduction of the child of Charles and Anne Lindbergh and its aftermath. He traces how newspapers, radio, and newsreels reported on what was dubbed the "crime of the century."

Focusing on the 1950s, the narrative explores the decline of classical Hollywood cinema alongside the rise of the American teenager. It analyzes various teen film genres, particularly clean teenpics, and assesses their influence on the film industry. The book highlights how these films helped validate and shape the teenage subculture during a transformative era in cinema.

Conventional wisdom holds that television was a co-conspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. This work argues that, through the influence of television, America actually became a more open and tolerant place.

The narrative follows Dr. Abraham Van Norstrand, an emerging figure in the transformative "Hospital Movement," which aimed to revolutionize mental health care by curing the insane. His journey illustrates the tension between ambitious hopes and the difficult realities faced by public mental hospitals, highlighting the challenges and limitations that have historically plagued the mental health system. Van Norstrand’s experiences serve as a lens to explore the complexities of mental health reform and the societal perceptions of insanity.

Jack Hagan sailed off to war expecting Hell in the Pacific only to discover paradise in Australia. Decades later he returned home to the Midwest expecting forgiveness and a warm reunion. Wrong again. A boy sets out to follow in the path of his fallen father - duty, honour, country.

Thomas Doherty tells the story of the 1947 hearings into alleged Communist subversion in the movie industry. Show Trial is a character-driven inquiry into how the HUAC hearings ignited the Hollywood blacklist, providing a gripping new history of one of the most influential events of the postwar era.

The behind-the-scenes story of Hollywood's struggle with Nazism before the outbreak of war.