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Biography and History in FilmFilming a Legend: Anthony Mann’s El Cid (1961)

Biography and History in Film: Filming a Legend: Anthony Mann’s El Cid (1961) [El Cid is an epic motion picture recounting the life of Rodrigo Diaz, known as ‘El Cid’, the great medieval Spanish hero, released in 1960. Produced by Samuel Bronston, an American independent filmmaker based in Spain, El Cid was made with the logistical and financial support of Francisco Franco. But a number of the most important people involved in making the film—including the director and the chief screenwriter—were political liberals. Freeman argues that as a result the film carries, at one and the same time, propaganda messages extolling Franco and championing the Civil Rights movement in the USA.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Biography and History in FilmFilming a Legend: Anthony Mann’s El Cid (1961)

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media Book Series
Editors: Freeman, Thomas S.; Smith, David L.
Freeman, Thomas S.
Biography and History in Film — Oct 15, 2019
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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
ISBN
978-3-319-89407-2
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43 –75
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-89408-9_2
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Abstract

[El Cid is an epic motion picture recounting the life of Rodrigo Diaz, known as ‘El Cid’, the great medieval Spanish hero, released in 1960. Produced by Samuel Bronston, an American independent filmmaker based in Spain, El Cid was made with the logistical and financial support of Francisco Franco. But a number of the most important people involved in making the film—including the director and the chief screenwriter—were political liberals. Freeman argues that as a result the film carries, at one and the same time, propaganda messages extolling Franco and championing the Civil Rights movement in the USA.]

Published: Oct 15, 2019

Keywords: El Cid; Franco; Propaganda; Civil Rights; Samuel Bronston

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