Bring Home to America What Mob Violence Really Means
Bring Home to America What Mob Violence Really Means
Hollywood's Spectacular Indictment
This chapter discusses the White House screening for the MGM film Fury, which was arranged by executive secretary Walter White. White had just previewed the film, a sensational dramatization of a near lynching, and had written to the studio to thank it enthusiastically for the “superb effectiveness” of the film. “More than I have ever seen it done before has the medium of the moving picture been used to bring home to America what mob violence really means,” he cheered, adding that the film deserved “as wide acclaim as possible.” The following day, White wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt, enclosing a synopsis of the film and asking her to view the film herself.
Keywords: White House screening, MGM film, Fury, executive secretary, Walter White, Eleanor Roosevelt
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