2006/01/01 by David Welky · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #European history and politics #Turkey's Politics and Society #Italian Fascism and Post-war Society #Hollywood #Pride #Battle #Genocide #Turkish #Ideology #Depression (economics) #Art #History #Art history #Ancient history #Political science #Law #Economics #Politics #Philosophy
paper · doi:10.1525/fq.2006.59.3.35
openalex publication_date 2006/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
ABSTRACT MGM's attempt to film The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, Franz Werfel's 1933 best-selling novel about the Turkish genocide of Armenians during World War I, nearly touched off a major international incident and alerted Hollywood to the dangers of dealing with foreign subjects in the ideologically charged era of the Great Depression.