Chris Yogerst
Chris Yogerst is associate professor of communication, Department of Arts and Humanities, at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He is author of "From the Headlines to Hollywood: The Birth and Boom of Warner Bros." (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). His most recent book is "Hollywood Hates Hitler: Jew-Baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation Into Warmongering in Motion Pictures" (University Press of Mississippi, 2020). In addition, Yogerst regularly writes for the popular press such as the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Washington Post, and the Hollywood Reporter.
Works
Hollywood Hates Hitler: Jew-Baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures
HOLLYWOOD HATES HITLER investigates how a handful of isolationist United States senators tried to prevent Hollywood “anti-Nazi propaganda,” reflected in such movies as “The Great Dictator” and “The Mortal Storm.” This political film history examines the 1941 Senate subcommittee’s investigation of alleged efforts by Jewish studio heads to agitate for war. Yogerst shows how the hearing’s results were an embarrassment for the Senate and a victory for freedom of speech.
From the Headlines to Hollywood: The Birth and Boom of Warner Bros.
Awards and Recognition
- 2021-2022 Fellow: UW-Madison Institute for Research in the Humanities
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Location
West Bend, WI
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Category
Entertainment & Culture, Biography & History