Hollywood & World War II

The Home Front

WWII Popular Entertainment

Hollywood’s Biggest Years: 1941-1946

•  Long runs •  Delayed release •  Troop screenings

Regal Theater, Chicago -1941 THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Adults 44 cents, Kids 10 cents

Hollywood Filmmakers at War

•  Frank Capra “Why We Fight” •  John Ford “Battle of Midway” •  John Huston “Battle of San Pietro” •  William Wyler “Memphis Belle”

Hollywood’s War Effort

•  War Training Films •  World War II in newsreels

Hollywood’s War Effort

•  War Bond tours •  The USO •  The Hollywood Canteen •  War Activities Committee

World War II in Films

The Office of War Information -- OWI

Office of Inter-American Affairs (OIAA) The Good Neighbor Policy

Pro-Soviet Hollywood Films

•  1943 The North Star •  1943 Mission to Moscow •  1944 Song of Russia •  1944 Days of Glory

War on Wheels & Tunisian Victory (1942) Shot in the Mojave Desert