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“Robert Fyne,
author of The Hollywood Propaganda of World War II (1997), notes the
film's "strong warning to the American people about demagoguery,
domestic fascism, and mind control, while praising the virtues of freedom of
the press".[75] One film
historian has concluded
that Keeper of the Flame is "truly provocative in that it was one
of Hollywood's few forays into imagining the possibility of homegrown
American Fascism and the crucial damage which can be done to individual
rights when inhumane and tyrannical ideas sweep a society through a
charismatic leader".[74] Other authors have noted that the film is different
from other anti-fascist films of the period in that it clearly links wealth
and fascism and points out the ways in which patriotism may far too easily be
turned toward fascist ends.[76]…”
Black & White film.
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