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Thomas Doherty

Thomas Doherty, a professor of American Studies at Brandeis University, is the author of Hollywood and Hitler, 1933-1939 and Little Lindy Is Kidnapped: How the Media Covered the Crime of the Century.

The Miracle of ‘Ben-Hur,’ Hollywood’s Tastiest Christo-Zionist Epic
A story of unabashed Jewish pride and human depth that honors Christians and Jews alike, with a sly gay subplot courtesy of Gore Vidal
byThomas Doherty
Billy Wilder in Weimar Berlin
A new compilation of his early writings showcases the voice of one of golden age Hollywood’s cleverest stars
byThomas Doherty
The City Without Jews
A chillingly prescient 1924 Austrian film gets new life—and ‘incandescent’ relevance—in a miraculous Blu-ray restoration
byThomas Doherty
The Kindest of Strangers
A new biography revives the generous life of Salka Viertel, L.A. ‘salonnière,’ memoirist, ‘Garbo specialist,’ and Jewish mother to Hollywood stars
byThomas Doherty
When Hollywood Fought Nazis
A new restoration of the 1940 dramatic thriller ‘The Mortal Storm’ reminds us of a rare era of studio political engagement, and the American isolationism and proto-communism that made it unpopular
byThomas Doherty
Hitler at the Garden
Eighty years ago tonight, thousands of Americans gathered in New York to rally behind the Nazi Party and its ideals. An Oscar-nominated short documentary retrieves footage of the event, but leaves out the context that gives it meaning.
byThomas Doherty
The Banality of the Eichmann Trial
How the architect of the Final Solution, an otherwise unremarkable bureaucrat, became a star character for film
byThomas Doherty
Hitler’s Hollywood
A German documentary makes an ‘audacious act of archival retrieval’ to bring to light the cinematic propaganda that fueled the rise of the Third Reich
byThomas Doherty
Hollywood’s Other Great Anti-Nazi Movie
Ernst Lubitsch’s ‘racy, risky black comedy of manners’ To Be or Not To Be is funnier and in many ways more fearless than its wartime cousin, Casablanca
byThomas Doherty
‘None Shall Escape,’ Hollywood’s First Holocaust Film, Was All But Unknown for 70 Years. Now It’s Been Rediscovered.
The 99-year-old actress who played the tragic heroine recalls the bravery and foresight of the screenwriters and producers of an unflinching, prescient B-movie Nazi noir, now deservedly back in circulation in a new 35mm print
byThomas Doherty
The Forbidden Films of the Third Reich
Nazi propaganda: show it, or bury it? A new documentary takes on the question.
byThomas Doherty
Bassler’s Letter: How Hollywood’s Man in Vienna Escaped the Nazis
A fascinating letter tells the gripping story of the fateful extraction of the influential film industry lawyer Paul Koretz
byThomas Doherty

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