Author Question: What role did Hollywood play in the war effort? a. It produced training and propaganda films. b. ... (Read 97 times)

jilianpiloj · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

What role did Hollywood play in the war effort?

a. It produced training and propaganda films.
b. The films that Hollywood produced provided cheap entertainment and an escape from wartime cares.
c. Its films helped reinforce existing gender roles in their depiction of women war workers.
d. All of the above.

Question 2

Which statement best described the message that the Office of Wartime Information insisted be included in Hollywood films?

a. The United States would be portrayed as a harmonious, diverse democracy where everyone was united in fighting evil and maintaining the American way of life.
b. The armed services would be shown as a furious fighting force in order to give the enemy something to fear.
c. The armed services would be shown as a fighting force in which soldiers from racially segregated units were able to set aside their differences and work with soldiers from other units.
d. The films should not deal with the war in any serious way but instead alleviate the stresses of people's everyday lives in the war.