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Thomas Doherty

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The Ruthless Rise and Fall of Paramount Pictures During Hollywood’s Golden Age

The venerable movie studio once defined the industry's zeal for consolidation, pioneering vertical integration and serving as the model for its major rivals.

by Thomas Doherty via The Hollywood Reporter on February 29, 2024
The Presidential Campaign of Convict 9653

Can you run for president from a prison cell? One man did in the 1920 election and got almost a million votes.

by Thomas Doherty via The Conversation on April 18, 2023
The Late ’30s Deplatforming of Father Coughlin

Then as now, not many people were willing to raise their own voices to defend the speech of a vulgarian spewing hate over a mass medium.

by Thomas Doherty via Slate on January 21, 2021

Little Lindy is Kidnapped: How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century

Hollywood and Hitler: 1933-1939

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Making the Movies Un-American

How Hollywood tried to fight fascism and ended up blacklisting suspected Communists.

by Noah Isenberg via The New Republic on July 3, 2018

Cover of "Little Lindy is Kidnapped"

We Had Witnessed an Exhibition

A new book about the Lindbergh baby kidnapping focuses on the role played by the media.

by Chris Yogerst via Los Angeles Review of Books on September 24, 2020

Hitler, Goebbels, and a film projector.

Business as Usual: Hitler in Hollywood

Hollywood kept distributing films in Nazi Germany, facing pressure from both the regime and US censors. Some studios resisted, others complied.

by J. Hoberman via London Review of Books on December 19, 2013

Charlie Chaplin stands fearfully in a hall of mirrors.

No Way Out

In broadcasting, the Red Scare turned into a stupid hall of mirrors.

by Julia Barton via Continuous Wave on September 4, 2025

How Theaters and TV Networks are Changing the Way They Show Gone With the Wind

After almost 80 years, America is finally rethinking how it screens its favorite movie.

by Aisha Harris via Slate on October 22, 2017

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