Reelpolitik: Political Ideologies in '30s and '40s Films

With reference to eight classic American movies, "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", "Mignificent Ambersons", "Gabriel Over the White House", "Citizen Kane", "Casablanca", "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Daily Bread" and "The Fountainhead", this text explores the political ideologies thrumming through the American psyche during a period of national catastrophe and triumph.