This glossy book, illustrated with rare materials from the USC Warner Bros. Archives, features essays by Leo Braudy, Steven Ross, Dana Polan, and Betty Warner Sheinbaum.

Sponsored by USC Fisher Gallery, The USC Warner Bros. Archives, and the Norman Lear Center at the Annenberg School for Communication.

Armed with one of Hollywood's most powerful studios, the Warner brothers fought a personal crusade against Hitler during World War II with propaganda films made both for public consumption and exclusive military use.

Featuring photos, historical documents, animation art and selected shorts from the USC Warner Bros. Archives collection, the exhibit demonstrates the power of cinema as a propaganda tool and examines the sometimes uneasy marriage between filmmakers and the American political machine.

The book, which was funded by a USC Arts Initiative grant, brings together the materials from the exhibition, including an introduction by the curator, Randi Hokett; essays by Professor Braudy, Professor Ross, Professor Polan, and Professor Snow; a report on the panel discussion by Johanna Blakley; and a research bibliography and filmography. 

The book is richly illustrated with film stills, animation art, and scans of press materials and correspondence from the Warner Archives. The book addresses multiple audiences, including members of the entertainment industry and researchers and students in film, history, cultural studies, American studies, Jewish studies, law, communications, and political science.

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