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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