World War II on the Big Screen: 450+ Films, 1938-2008

by Doris Milberg

Overview

World War II has been an endlessly fertile film subject since the late 1930s - even before the United States entered combat. This sweeping study of Hollywood's depictions of the war, and of the motion picture industry during wartime, describes more than 450 films in roughly chronological order, while providing a historical perspective on the times and the events depicted. Included are such pictures as Casablanca, The Battle of Midway, Der Fuhrer's Face and Letters from Iwo Jima.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786447404
Publisher:	McFarland Publishing
Publication date:	01/25/2010
Series:	Performing Arts/Film
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Doris Milberg is a former teacher who has written three previous books and more than 100 articles about cinema history.

Table of Contents

Perface 1

Part I 1938-1945

1 Prelude to war: Fact and Fantasy 7

2 Scarlett and Rhett, Hitler and War 15

3 A Tenuous Peace in America 20

4 The Road to War: December 7, 1941 28

5 American Mobilizes 38

6 War Themes: The Making of a Legend 56

7 Praise the Lord and Pass the Propaganda 80

8 Soldiers in Greasepaint 90

9 The Longest Day 96

10 The Road to Victory 114

Part II Apr?s la Guerre: War-Related Films

11 In the Wake of War 131

12 The Best Years of Our Lives l41

13 The End of the Forties: A Time of Darkness 148

14 A Changing Scene, a Changing Society: The Fifties and Sixties 152

15 Time Marches On: The Seventies and Eighties 175

16 The End of a Century 193

17 The Dawning of a New Century 198

Epilogue 205

Selected Bibliography 207

Index 209

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