This film discusses the effect on how major American films in Hollywood were influenced by the Eastern European Jewish culture that most of the major movie moguls who controlled the studios shared. Through clips of various films, the filmmakers illustrate the dominant themes like that of the outsider, the outspoken American patriotism, and rooting for the underdog in society.
R.H. Thomson
Neal Gabler
J. Hoberman
Arthur Tracy
Bernard Avishai
Hasia Diner
Thomas Cripps
Richard Kozarski
Judith Balaban
Cass Warner
Robert Rosen
Bob Thomas
A.C. Lyles
Aljean Harmetz
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Les Friedman
Irene Mayer Holt
Daniel Selznick
Betty Lasky
Betty Warner Sheinbaum
Jim Zukor
Stephen J. Whitfield
Edward Dmytryk
Abraham Polonsky
Walter Bernstein
Bruce Cohn Curtis