From previously unpublished descriptions of Adolf Hitler’s responses to films he watched in 1938 and 1939. The notes, written by Hitler’s adjutants as part of daily records of his activities and now kept in the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, are excerpted in The Collaboration: Hollywood’s Pact with Hitler, by Ben Urwand, published by Harvard University Press this month. Compiled and translated from the German by Ben Urwand.

Tip-Off Girls: switched off

Capriccio: the most potent crap

Stormy: switched off after the first 100 meters

Swiss Miss (Laurel and Hardy): The Führer applauded the film.

Nights in Andalusia: Imperio Argentina very good;…