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Biography and History in FilmThat Hamilton Woman (1941)

Biography and History in Film: That Hamilton Woman (1941) [Cavell presents a comparative analysis of the characterizations and events depicted in Alexander Korda’s That Hamilton Woman (1941) and the true story of the adulterous love affair between Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton. The purpose of the film as propaganda, designed to encourage American intervention in Britain’s war against Nazi Germany, used the heroic efforts of Nelson’s fight against Napoleonic France to present a political argument against isolationism. Korda’s links to the British government and Churchill’s influence on the film suggest a deliberate effort to disguise propaganda with Hollywood glamour and a love story to avoid the wrath of isolationist factions in the US Senate and the American First Committee.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Biography and History in FilmThat Hamilton Woman (1941)

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media Book Series
Editors: Freeman, Thomas S.; Smith, David L.
Cavell, Samantha A.
Biography and History in Film — Oct 15, 2019
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
ISBN
978-3-319-89407-2
Pages
149 –169
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-89408-9_6
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Abstract

[Cavell presents a comparative analysis of the characterizations and events depicted in Alexander Korda’s That Hamilton Woman (1941) and the true story of the adulterous love affair between Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton. The purpose of the film as propaganda, designed to encourage American intervention in Britain’s war against Nazi Germany, used the heroic efforts of Nelson’s fight against Napoleonic France to present a political argument against isolationism. Korda’s links to the British government and Churchill’s influence on the film suggest a deliberate effort to disguise propaganda with Hollywood glamour and a love story to avoid the wrath of isolationist factions in the US Senate and the American First Committee.]

Published: Oct 15, 2019

Keywords: Nelson; Emma; Propaganda; Korda; Churchill; Isolationism

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