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City of Strangers: Welcome to Paradise

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

First of a three-part series looking at the influence of European talent on the American cinema during the first half of this century.

Many Europeans came to Los Angeles in the 1920s - some for commercial reasons, others fleeing oppression in Europe. Focusing on key writers, directors, musicians and performers - including Thomas Mann, Fritz Lang, Max Reinhardt, Bertolt Brecht and Arnold Schoenberg - tonight's film tells how these emigres brought their rich cultural traditions to the big screen.

(Michael Curtiz's Dodge City is being shown on Tuesday at 6.00pm; Fritz Lang's Fury on Friday at 11.20pm)

Feature: page 29

Contributors

Narrator:
Sam Wanamaker
Producer:
Ann Hummel
Source: Radio Times

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