Chris Yogerst, a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is an associate professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His most recent book is The Warner Brothers (2023). Chris is also the author of From the Headlines to Hollywood: The Birth and Boom of Warner Bros. (2016) and Hollywood Hates Hitler! Jew-Baiting, Anti-Nazism, and the Senate Investigation into Warmongering in Motion Pictures (2020). His writing can be found in The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post, The Journal of American Culture, and Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. Find him on Twitter @chrisyogerst as well as Instagram and Facebook @cyogerst.
Chris Yogerst
Articles
Endless Culture Wars: On Kliph Nesteroff’s “Outrageous”
Chris Yogerst reviews Kliph Nesteroff’s book, “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars.”
A Man Without a Country: On Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America”
Chris Yogerst reviews Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided.”
Mobsters, Union Leaders, and Studio Moguls: The Infamous 1945–46 Warner Brothers Strikes
In an excerpt from his forthcoming book “The Warner Brothers,” Chris Yogerst elucidates the history of the big Hollywood strikes of the 1940s.
Hollywood on Hollywood: On Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson’s Oral History “Hollywood”
Chris Yogerst reviews Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson’s “Hollywood: The Oral History.”
Victim of His Own Celebrity: On Richard Schickel’s “The Famous Mr. Fairbanks”
Chris Yogerst reviews Richard Schickel’s “The Famous Mr. Fairbanks: A Story of Celebrity.”
The Dark Side of the New Hollywood: On Jon Lewis’s “Road Trip to Nowhere”
Chris Yogerst reviews Jon Lewis’s book about Hollywood in the ’60s and ’70s, “Road Trip to Nowhere.”
Buster Keaton: A Timeless Comedian
Two new biographies of “Old Stone Face” and his remarkable cinematic career.
The Oskar Schindler of Hollywood
A new documentary about Carl Laemmle explores the movie mogul’s humanitarian accomplishments.
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