Chapter 4 A Case Study for Christmas: Changing Attitudes towards Commercialism and Consumerism on Film, 1946 – 1961

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1. frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 American Archetypes and Un-American Committees: Anti-Communism, the FBI, and It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) 14
6. Chapter 2 Reflections of Reality: Social Problem and Psychological Films, 1947 45
7. Chapter 3 The New All-American Christmas: Rebranding Christmas, 1949 – 1954 69
8. Chapter 4 A Case Study for Christmas: Changing Attitudes towards Commercialism and Consumerism on Film, 1946 – 1961 120
9. Chapter 5 Christmases Past and Future: Walt Disney and Frank Capra, 1940s–1961 162
10. Conclusion 220
11. Appendix – COMPIC Files 226
12. References
13. Index