The Star-Spangled Screen : The American World War II Film /

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The American World War II film depicted a united America, a mythic America in which the average guy, the girl next door, the 4-F patriot, and the grieving mother were suddenly transformed into heroes and heroines, warriors and goddesses. The Star-Spangled Screen examines the historical accuracy -- o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dick, Bernard F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [1996]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
War and motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Cinema > États-Unis > Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Cinema et guerre.
Motion pictures > United States > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The American World War II film depicted a united America, a mythic America in which the average guy, the girl next door, the 4-F patriot, and the grieving mother were suddenly transformed into heroes and heroines, warriors and goddesses. The Star-Spangled Screen examines the historical accuracy -- or lack thereof -- of films about the Third Reich, the Resistance, and major military campaigns. Concerned primarily with the films of the war years, it also includes discussions of such postwar movies as Battleground (1949), Attack! (1956), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and Patton (1970).
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813148953

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