Description: Beginning in the 1920s, audiences around the globe were seduced not only by Hollywood films but also by lavish movie theaters that were owned and operated by the major American film companies. In a history that stretches from Buenos Aires and Tokyo to Johannesburg and Cairo, Ross Melnick considers these movie houses as cultural embassies.
Review Quotes: Captivating and ambitious, Hollywood's Embassies covers a fascinating breadth of global territory as it explores the way Hollywood displayed America to the world.--Kathy Fuller-Seeley, author of Jack Benny and the Golden Age of American Radio Comedy