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Five came back, a story of Hollywood and the Second World War, Mark Harris

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Five came back, a story of Hollywood and the Second World War, Mark Harris

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [449]-494) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Five came back

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

852221837

Responsibility statement

Mark Harris

Sub title

a story of Hollywood and the Second World War

Summary

Traces the World War II experiences of five legendary directors including John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra and George Stevens to assess the transformative impact of the war and period beliefs on Hollywood

Table Of Contents

"The Only Way I Could Survive" -- "The Dictates of My Heart and Blood" -- "You Must Not Realize that There is a War Going On" -- "What's the Good of a Message?" -- "The Most Dangerous Fifth Column in Our Country" -- "Do I Have to Wait for Orders?" -- "I've Only Got One German" -- "It's Going to be a Problem and a Battle" -- "All I Know Is That I'm Not Courageous" -- "Can You Use Me?" -- "A Good Partner to Have in Times of Trouble" -- "You Might as Well Run into It as Away from It" -- "Just Enough to Make It Seem Less Than Real" -- "Coming Along with Us Just for Pictures?" -- "How to Live in the Army" -- "I'm the Wrong Man for That Stuff" -- "I Have to Do a Good Job" -- "We Really Don't Know What Goes On Beneath the Surface" -- "If You Believe This, We Thank You" -- "A Sporadic Raid of Sorts on the Continent" -- "If You See It, Shoot It" -- "If Hitler Can Hold Out, So Can I" -- "Time and Us Marches On" -- "Who You Working For-Yourself?" -- "Where I Learned About Life" -- "What's This Picture For?" -- "An Angry Past Commingled with the Future in a Storm" -- "A Straight Face and a Painfully Maturing Mind" -- "Closer to What Is Going On in the World."

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