Feature Films, 1940-1949
Feature Films, 1940-1949

Author: Alan G. Fetrow

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 848

ISBN-13:

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This book documents films produced in America during the 1940s, including 61 documentaries and 44 so-called "race movies," B Westerns and films from Poverty Row studios. Entries are alphabetically arranged by title and sequentially numbered. Where applicable, entries contain the following information: studio and/or production company, year of production and release, cast (sometimes with name of character played), running time, a brief synopsis, and awards won.

Boom and Bust
Boom and Bust

Author: Thomas Schatz

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999-11-23

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780520221307

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Motion Pictures From the Fabulous 1940's
Motion Pictures From the Fabulous 1940's

Author: Terry Rowan

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-01-06

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1329811410

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In Europe the war was already old, but while feeding nickels into roadhouse jukeboxes, the Presidential conventions, where the biggest question would be whether That Man in the White House would shatter yet another precedent and run for a third term. To many Americans, there seemed little else worth worrying about. As with all time periods, the 1940s had a set of specific fads that were popular around the country. Read this book and find out about the films of this decade and more...

Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945
Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945

Author: Michael S. Shull

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-09-03

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1476621780

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From 1937 through 1945, Hollywood produced over 1,000 films relating to the war. This enormous and exhaustive reference work first analyzes the war films as sociopolitical documents. Part one, entitled "The Crisis Abroad, 1937-1941," focuses on movies that reflected America's increasing uneasiness. Part two, "Waging War, 1942-1945," reveals that many movies made from 1942 through 1945 included at least some allusion to World War II.