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  1. Five came back
    [a story of Hollywood and the Second World War ; John Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William Wyler, Frank Capra]
    Author: Harris, Mark
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Canongate, Edinburgh, London

    Before the Second World War the Hollywood box office was booming, but the business was accused of being too foreign, too Jewish, too 'un-American'. Then the war changed everything. With Pearl Harbor came the opportunity for Hollywood to prove its... more

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    Before the Second World War the Hollywood box office was booming, but the business was accused of being too foreign, too Jewish, too 'un-American'. Then the war changed everything. With Pearl Harbor came the opportunity for Hollywood to prove its critics wrong. America's most legendary directors played a huge role in the war effort: John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens. Between them they shaped the public perception of almost every major moment of the war. With characteristic insight and expert knowledge Harris tells the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781847678560
    RVK Categories: AP 59448 ; AP 51144 ; AP 51175 ; AP 51393 ; AP 51070
    Subjects: Kriegsfilm; Zweiter Weltkrieg <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Motion picture producers and directors / History / California / Los Angeles; World War, 1939-1945 / Motion pictures and the war; Motion picture industry / History / 20th century / California / Los Angeles; Motion pictures / History / 20th century / California / Los Angeles
    Scope: 511 Seiten, Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index. - First publ. in the United States in 2014 by The Penguin Press