Hollywood Victory: The Movies, Stars, and Stories of World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0762499907
- ISBN-13
- 9780762499908
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 264
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-11-02
- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Author
- Christian Blauvelt
Description
From the Turner Classic Movies Library: Film and history buffs alike will enjoy this engrossing story of Hollywood's involvement in World War II, as it's never before been told. Remember a time when all of Hollywood—with the expressed encouragement and investment of the government—joined forces to defend the American way of life? It was World War II and the gravest threat faced the nation, and the world at large. Hollywood answered the call to action. This is the riveting tale of how the film industry enlisted in the Allied effort during the second World War—a story that started with staunch isolationism as studios sought to maintain the European market and eventually erupted into impassioned support in countless ways. Industry output included war films depicting battles and reminding moviegoers what they were fighting for, "home-front" stories designed to boost the morale of troops overseas, and even musicals and comedies that did their bit by promoting the Good Neighbor Policy with American allies to the south. Stars like Carole Lombard—who lost her life returning from a war bond-selling tour—Bob Hope, and Marlene Dietrich enthusiastically joined USO performances and risked their own health and safety by entertaining troops near battlefronts; others like James Stewart and Clark Gable joined the fight themselves in uniform; Bette Davis and John Garfield created a starry haven for soldiers in their founding of the Hollywood Canteen. Filmmakers Orson Welles, Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock, and others took breaks from thriving careers to make films aiming to shore up alliances, boost recruitment, and let the folks back home know what beloved family members were facing overseas. Through it all, a story of once-in-a-century unity—of a collective need to stand up for humanity, even if it means risking everything—comes to life in this engrossing, photo-filled tale of Hollywood Victory.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2021-11-02
- 240 pages
- Paperback
- Running Press Adult
Similar books
-
Edmund Goulding's Dark Victory: Hollywood's Genius Bad Boy
By Matthew KennedyFor the Dark Victory script and appreciation , see Casey Robinson , Dark Victory , edited with an introduction by Bernard F. Dick . Memos on the making of Goulding's Warner Bros. movies are found in Rudy Behlmer's Inside Warner Bros.
-
Dark Victory: Ronald Reagan, MCA, and the Mob
By Dan E. Moldea8 According to a Justice Department document, “MCA's switch of Alfred Hitchcock Presents from CBS to NBC came shortly after the failure of [Revue executive producer Hubbell] 'Hub' Robinson's Ford Star Time Show.
-
The Battle of Brazil
By Tom Stoppard, Terry Gilliam, Jack MathewsWhen the phone rang in the basement of the Old Hall, it ricocheted off the brick-and-exposed-oak-timber walls like a shot fired in a steel pipe. Gilliam, the expatriate cartoonist of Monty Python's Flying Circus, had bought the ...
-
Hollywood's Victory Lap: The Films of 1940
By Anthony G. PuzzillaIt is the general consensus that in the history of motion pictures, the year 1939 was undoubtedly Hollywood's greatest triumph during its Golden Era.
-
Lost in the Victory: Reflections of American War Orphans of World War II
By Susan Johnson Hadler, Ann Bennett MixJohn M. Nichols, 20 May 1944. Nellie M. Nichols, 1946, in llion, New York. * * * * * * Mary: ^ Gae 're. John M. Nichols with 27th Infantry Division in Hawaii, April 1943. John E. Nichols, son of John M. Nichols. Age 12. 139 * John.
-
Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film
By Luis I. ReyesThrough an authoritative narrative and lavish photography, this is an in-depth history of the stars, films, achievements, and influence of the Hispanic and Latino community in Hollywood history from the...
-
Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis
By Ed Sikov... John Belton , Steven DeRosa , Judy Englander , Ron Fried , Kenneth Geist , David Germain , Warren Goldfarb , Chris Gorman , Dr. Nathaniel Hupert , Dr. Rainu Kaushal , Neal Leibowitz , William J. Mann , Patrick Merla , Ethan Minovitz ...
-
Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II
By John StrausbaughIn Victory City, John Strausbaugh returns to tell the story of New York City's war years with the same richness, depth, and nuance he brought to his previous books, City of Sedition and The Village, providing readers with a groundbreaking ...
-
Blood of Victory: A Novel
By Alan FurstPraise for Blood of Victory “Densely atmospheric and genuinely romantic, the novel is most reminiscent of the Hollywood films of the forties, when moral choices were rendered not in black-and-white but in smoky shades of gray.”—The ...
-
The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation
By Tom EngelhardtThis book is a compelling account of how a national narrative of triumph through which Americans bad always sustained themselves as a people underwent a vertiginous decomposition from Hiroshima to Vietnam.