Hitler and “The Women”

In the 1939 movie “The Women”, which wasn’t at all political, there is a casual reference to Hitler. It’s fascinating because it shows how he was regarded in the 30’s as faraway as America. One of the characters says she wishes she could sit down in this chair and “stretch out like a swastika”. Hitler was considered in vogue, very much “in”, and even what we would now call “cool”.