BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS

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  11. Chandler, Charlotte. Nobody’s Perfect: Billy Wilder: A Personal Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
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  17. Dauber, Jeremy. American Comics: A History. New York: W. W. Norton, 2021.
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  22. Ellis, Douglas. The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History. San Diego: IDW Publishing, 2017.
  23. ———. Uncovered: The Hidden Art of the Girlie Pulps. Silver Spring, MD: Adventure House, 2003.
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  29. Gabler, Neal. Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994.
  30. Gay, Nick. Berlin Then and Now. San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 2005.
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  32. Gross, Leonard. The Last Jews in Berlin. New York: Carroll & Graf, 1992.
  33. Guiles, Fred Lawrence. Norma Jean: The Life of Marilyn Monroe. New York: McGraw Hill, 1969.
  34. Hannah, Kristin. The Nightingale. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2015.
  35. Harris, Marlys B. The Zanucks of Hollywood: The Dark Legacy of an American Dynasty. New York: Crown, 1989.
  36. Herr, Michael. Walter Winchell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
  37. Hirschfeld, Al, and Gordon Kahn. The Speakeasies of 1932. Milwaukee, WI: Glenn Young Books, 2003.
  38. Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.
  39. Hull, David Stewart. Film in the Third Reich: A Study of the German Cinema, 1933–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969.
  40. Ioanid, Radu. The Holocaust in Romania: The Destruction of Jews and Gypsies Under the Antonescu Regime, 1940–1944. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2000.
  41. Isenberg, Noah, ed. Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna. Translated by Shelley Frisch. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021.
  42. Isherwood, Christopher. The Berlin Stories. New York: New Directions, 1963.
  43. Jalowicz Simon, Marie. Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman’s Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany. New York: Back Bay Books, 2014.
  44. James, M. E. Clifton. The Counterfeit General Montgomery. New York: Avon Books, 1954.
  45. Jones, Gerard. Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book. New York: Basic Books, 2004.
  46. Kahn, Roger. Joe and Marilyn: A Memory of Love. New York: William Morrow, 1986.
  47. Klurfeld, Herman. Winchell: His Life and Times. New York: Praeger, 1976.
  48. Koszarski, Richard. The Man You Loved to Hate: Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
  49. Lambert, Angela. The Lost Life of Eva Braun. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2006.
  50. Levi, Primo. Survival in Auschwitz. New York: Touchstone, 1958.
  51. Levitz, Paul. 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Los Angeles: Taschen America, 2010.
  52. Lutes, Jason. Berlin. Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2018.
  53. Madsen, Axel. Billy Wilder. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1969.
  54. Maeder, Jay. Big Town, Big Time: A New York Epic: 1898–1998. New York: New York Daily News, 1999.
  55. Malaparte, Curzio. Kaputt. New York: New York Review Books, 2005.
  56. Matetsky, Harry. The Adventures of Superman Collecting. West Plains, MO: Russ Cochran, 1988.
  57. Maxtone-Graham, John. The Only Way to Cross. New York: Macmillan, 1972.
  58. McBride, Joseph. Billy Wilder: Dancing on the Edge. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021.
  59. Megargee, Geoffrey P., ed. USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos: 1933–1945, vol. 1–3. Washington, DC, 1999–.
  60. Mendelsohn, John. The Holocaust: Selected Documents in Eighteen Volumes. New York: Garland, 1982.
  61. Miller, Arthur. Timebends: A Life. New York: Grove Press, 1987.
  62. Miracle, Berniece Baker, and Mona Rae Miracle. My Sister Marilyn: A Memoir of Marilyn Monroe. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2012.
  63. Monroe, Marilyn. Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010.
  64. Monroe, Marilyn, with Ben Hecht. My Story. New York: Cooper Square Press, 2000.
  65. Morris, Heather. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. New York: HarperCollins, 2018.
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  68. Phillips, Gene D. Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2010.
  69. Preston, Jennifer. Queen Bess: The Unauthorized Biography of Bess Myerson. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1990.
  70. Quattro, Ken. Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books. San Diego: Yoe Books, 2020.
  71. Rhoades, Shirrel. A Complete History of American Comic Books. New York: Peter Lang, 2008.
  72. Ricca, Brad. Super Boys: The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster—The Creators of Superman. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2013.
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  74. Sanger, Margaret. The Autobiography of Margaret Sanger. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2004.
  75. ———. Woman and the New Race. Middletown, DE: Odin’s Library Classics, 2020.
  76. Shirer, William L. Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941.
  77. Sikov, Ed. On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilder. New York: Hyperion, 1998.
  78. Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986.
  79. ———. Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began. New York: Pantheon Books, 1991.
  80. Spoto, Donald. Marilyn Monroe: The Biography. New York: Cooper Square Press, 1993.
  81. Steranko, James. The Steranko History of the Comics, vol. 1. New York: Crown, 1970.
  82. ———. The Steranko History of the Comics, vol. 2. New York: Crown, 1972.
  83. Talese, Gay. The Silent Season of a Hero. London: Walker & Co., 2010.
  84. Taraborrelli, J. Randy. The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2010.
  85. Trimborn, Jürgen. Leni Riefenstahl: A Life. Translated by Edna McCown. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
  86. Tye, Larry. Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero. New York: Random House, 2012.
  87. Urwand, Ben. The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2013.
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  90. Waldman, Louis. Labor Lawyer. New York: Dutton, 1944.
  91. Walker, Stanley. The Night Club Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1933.
  92. Watson, Robert P. The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II. Boston: Da Capo Press, 2016.
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  94. Wertham, Fredric. Seduction of the Innocent. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1954.
  95. Weyr, Thomas. Reaching for Paradise: The Playboy Vision of America. New York: Times Books, 1978.
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  97. Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Hill and Wang, 1958.
  98. Winder, Elizabeth. Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy. New York: Flatiron Books, 2017.
  99. Wood, Tom. The Bright Side of Billy Wilder, Primarily. New York: Doubleday, 1970.
  100. Yoe, Craig. Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster. San Diego: Yoe Books, 2009.
  101. Zivier, Georg. Das Romanische Café: Berlinische Reminiszenzen 9. Berlin: Haude & Spencer, 1965.
  102. Zolotow, Maurice. Billy Wilder in Hollywood. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1977.
  103. ———. Marilyn Monroe. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1960.

FILMS

  1. Annakin, Ken, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki, dirs. The Longest Day. Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1962.
  2. Bloch, Yossi, and Daniel Sivan, dirs. The Devil Next Door. Netflix documentary, 2019.
  3. Bolsey, Alyssa, dir. Beyond the Bolex. Portland, OR: Collective Eye Films, 2018.
  4. Chaplin, Charlie, dir. The Great Dictator. Hollywood: United Artists, 1940.
  5. Greenspan, Bud, dir. Jesse Owens Returns to Berlin. Toronto: Sports Network Inc., 1968.
  6. Hathaway, Henry, dir. Niagara. Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1953.
  7. Hirschbiegel, Oliver, dir. Downfall. Munich: Constantin Film, 2004.
  8. Kramer, Stanley, dir. Judgement at Nuremberg. Hollywood: MGM, 1961.
  9. Levin, Gail, dir. Marilyn Monroe: Still Life. PBS, “American Masters,” first aired July 19, 2006.
  10. Pierson, Frank, dir. Conspiracy. New York: HBO Films, 2001.
  11. Polanski, Roman, dir. The Pianist. Berlin: Babelsberg Film Studio, 2002.
  12. Resnais, Alain, dir. Night and Fog. Paris: Argos Films, 1955.
  13. Riefenstahl, Leni, dir. Olympia. Berlin: Olympia-Film, 1938.
  14. ———. Triumph of the Will. Berlin: Reichsparteitag-Film, 1935.
  15. Ruttmann, Walter, dir. Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis. Fort Lee, NJ: Fox Film Corporation, 1927.
  16. Schirk, Heinz, dir. Hitler’s Final Solution: The Wannsee Conference. Munich: Infafilm GmbH Manfred Korytowski, 1984.
  17. Sholem, Lee, dir. Superman and the Mole Men. Hollywood: Lippert Pictures, 1951.
  18. Shoychet, Matthew, dir. The Accountant of Auschwitz. Toronto: Good Soup Productions/TLNT Productions, 2018.
  19. Siodmak, Robert, and Edgar G. Ulmar, dirs. People on Sunday. Screenplay by Billy Wilder. Berlin: Babelsberg Film Studio, 1930.
  20. Spielberg, Steven, dir. Schindler’s List. Hollywood: Universal Pictures, 1994.
  21. Tourneur, Jacques, dir. Berlin Express. Los Angeles: RKO Pictures, 1948.
  22. Wilder, Billy, dir. Death Mills. Washington, DC: United States Department of War, 1945.
  23. ———. Five Graves to Cairo. Hollywood: Paramount, 1943.
  24. ———. A Foreign Affair. Hollywood: Paramount, 1948.
  25. ———. Sabrina. Hollywood: Paramount, 1954.
  26. ———. The Seven Year Itch. Hollywood: Fox, 1955.

VIDEOS AND RECORDINGS

  1. “Berlin in July 1945.” Berlin Channel. YouTube, uploaded April 28, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5i9k7s9X_A.
  2. “Hitler Back in Berlin from Vienna (1938).” British Pathé. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkt9iagqkk8.
  3. “Hollywood Stars Appear at the 1949 Benefit for City of Hope at Wrigley Field in Chicago.” Grinberg, Paramount, Pathé Newsreels. Getty Images. https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/infield-of-wrigley-field-eddie-bracken-sonny-tufts-signs-news-footage/506426228.
  4. “Jergens Journal with Walter Winchell—December 7, 1941.” SoundCloud recording uploaded 2015 by Sammy Jones. https://soundcloud.com/sammyjones-1/jergens-journal-with-walter.
  5. Jones, Gerard. Interview with Harry Donenfeld at the 2016 San Diego Comic Fest. Michael D Hamersky. YouTube, uploaded February 19, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNOWPb9QaRU.
  6. Friedkin, William. Interview with Fritz Lang on February 21 and 24, 1975. Mario Mangione. YouTube, uploaded November 22, 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or0j1mY_rug.
  7. “New York in the Mid 1930’s in Color!” Rick88888888. YouTube, uploaded August 3, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXnEvW0XD0.
  8. “Superman Day New York World’s Fair 1940.” Scotty V. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A27ii9cIPGw.
  9. Truman, Harry. May 8, 1945, victory speech. America’s National Churchill Museum. YouTube, uploaded May 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pix7G2SKXlY.
  10. Wilder, Billy. “Billy Wilder Receiving the Irving G. Thalberg Award,” 1988. Oscars. YouTube, uploaded July 1, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kebqj_grGC0.