# @thomasfarrenkopf7292 on YouTube - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=WEMWRBtolqE - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/22198381-thomasfarrenkopf7292-youtube - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1aa13c3522.jpg - **Posted:** 2024-06-13T04:09:16.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Thomas Farrenkopf (@TomFarrenkopf) — https://gondola.cc/TomFarrenkopf ## Caption Tom Talks Film (TTF) is your destination for captivating insights into the world of cinematic arts! Join Tom in this ongoing video essay series as they explore a myriad of topics within the realm of cinema. From dissecting iconic films to discussing emerging trends, each episode promises to deepen your appreciation for the magic of storytelling on the silver screen! Episode 6: In this episode, I explore Warner Brothers' influential film Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939). I explore how the studio used cinema to shape American public opinion before World War II. By analyzing an advertisement for the film, I show how Warner Brothers used localized threats and appeals to fear and patriotism to connect with American audiences. I also examine how Warner Brothers manipulated publicity materials to further their interventionist agenda. Stay tuned for my next episode, where I dig into how the film's storyline, based on FBI Agent Leon G. Turrou's investigation, was meticulously crafted to closely resemble real-world espionage activities. Check out the references below for a deeper dive into the fascinating intersection of cinema and propaganda. Join me as we uncover the powerful role of Warner Brothers in shaping wartime American sentiment! References: Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919) Kuhn v. Warner Bros. Pictures, 29 F. Supp. 800 (S.D.N.Y. 1939) Batvinis, Raymond J. Origins of FBI counterintelligence. Lawrence: University Pr Of Kansas, 2009. Marine Engineering/log. United States: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation, 1921. Brian Masaru Hayashi. Review of Rosenzweig, Laura B. Hollywood’s Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles. H-War, H-Net Reviews. August, 2022. Warner Brothers. Confessions of a Nazi Spy Pressbook, 1939, p26. Media History Digital Library, https://archive.org/details/pressbook-wb-confessions-of-a-nazi-spy/page/n25/mode/2up Asp, David. “Espionage Act of 1917 (1917).” The Free Speech Center, August 8, 2023. https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/espionage-act-of-1917/ Birdwell, Michael E. Celluloid soldiers: Warner Bros.’s campaign against Nazism. New York: New York University Press, 2001. Brégent-Heald, Dominique. “Big Spy Country: Film and the U.S.-Canada Borderlands during the Second World War.” 49th Parallel 29, no. Summer 2012 (2012). https://49thparalleljournal.org/2014/07/12/issue-29-summer-2012/ Confessions of a nazi spy. United States: Warner Brothers, 1939. “Great Ocean Liners: SS Bismarck - RMS Majestic.” Great Ocean Liners. Accessed April 29, 2024. https://www.greatoceanliners.com/ss-bismarck-rms-majestic Jeffreys-Jones, Rhodri. “Leon Turrou and the Nazi Spy Ring in America.” The Historian 82, no. 2 (April 2, 2020): 138–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/00182370.2020.1748262 “Kuhn v. Warner Bros.. Pictures, 29 F. Supp. 800 (S.D.N.Y. 1939).” Justia Law. Accessed April 29, 2024. https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/29/800/1480216/ Lebovic, Sam. “Nazi Spies in America!” The National Endowment for the Humanities, 2024. https://www.neh.gov/article/nazi-spies-america Macdonnell, Francis. “The Opening Alarm.” Insidious Foes, November 2, 1995, 49–71. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195092684.003.0004 Novak, Matt. “America’s Top Nazi Sued Warner Bros. for Libel in 1939 Because He Didn’t Like the Movie Confessions of a Nazi Spy.” Gizmodo, September 14, 2018. https://gizmodo.com/americas-top-nazi-sued-warner-bros-for-libel-in-1939-b-1827177607 Rosenzweig, Laura. “The News Research Service.” Essay. In Hollywood’s Spies: The Undercover Surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles, 173–89. NYU Press, 2017. Rosenzweig, Laura B. Hollywood’s spies: The undercover surveillance of Nazis in Los Angeles. New York: New York U.P., 2017. “Rumrich Nazi Spy Case.” FBI, July 7, 2016. https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/rumrich-nazi-spy-case “Rumrich Tells Plan to Forge F.D.’s Name.” Newspapers.com, October 19, 1938. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leaf-chronicle-rumrich-tells-plan-to/121034171/ “Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).” Justia Law. Accessed 2024. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/249/47/#tab-opinion-1928046 “Trial of Four As Nazi Spies Put Underway.” The Brooklyn Citizen. October 14, 1938. https://www.newspapers.com/image/543630959 “WB Personnel.” Warner Bros. Archives, February 22, 2017. https://warnerbrosarchives.wordpress.com/home/about/wb-history/wb-personnel/ Music Credit & Source Thriller by Alex-Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US ## Stats - **Views:** 358 - **Likes:** 3 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 2 ## Credits | Name | Username | Profile | Role | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Thomas Farrenkopf | @TomFarrenkopf | https://gondola.cc/TomFarrenkopf | YouTuber | | Thomas Farrenkopf | @TomFarrenkopf | https://gondola.cc/TomFarrenkopf | Digital Producer | | Thomas Farrenkopf | @TomFarrenkopf | https://gondola.cc/TomFarrenkopf | Video Editor | | Thomas Farrenkopf | @TomFarrenkopf | https://gondola.cc/TomFarrenkopf | Writer | | Thomas Farrenkopf | @TomFarrenkopf | https://gondola.cc/TomFarrenkopf | Creator | ## Tags tab, videoproduction, warnerbros, cinemastudies, warnerbrothers, 1939, videoessay, youtube, confessionsofanazispy, tomtalksfilm, youtuber, studies, webseries, documentaryshorts, propaganda, filmstudies, socialissues, docudrama, socialimpact --- Copyright (c) Gondola