Canada Carries On - Proudly She Marches - 1944

Canada Carries On - Proudly She Marches - 1944

Juli 01, 2021
newsreels, World War II

For Canada Day today, which celebrates the 1867 founding of the Canadian Confederation, we have a view of Canada's women service personn...

Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

Hollywood Fights Fascism - now in print and eBook

November 19, 2020
fascism, Hollywood Fights Fascism, World War II

Classic films were often extraordinary chroniclers of their own times.  Despite the cozy nostalgia that may come to mind when we think of cl...

The summer after that...

The summer after that...

Oktober 29, 2020
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Shirley Temple, Since You Went Away, World War II

There is a scene in Since You Went Away (1944) of such gossamer poignance that we might miss the impact just because it is a fleeting, thro...

Wear a mask.

Wear a mask.

September 10, 2020
World War II

In this era of repulsive politicizing of a simple, commonsense act of wearing a mask, we might do well to recall an era where citizens on th...

Requiescat in pace - Vera Lynn

Requiescat in pace - Vera Lynn

Juni 18, 2020
Requiescat in pace, Vera Lynn, World War II

Dame Vera Lynn (2017-2020) has died at 103 years old, but longevity in a challenging world is only one of her accomplishments.  She was stil...

Rationing - 1944

Rationing - 1944

Mei 03, 2020
Donald Meek, Dorothy Morris, Howard Freeman, Marjorie Main, Ration Bored, Rationing, Richard Hall, Tommy Batten, Wallace Beery, Woody Woodpecker, World War II

Rationing (1944) pokes fun at a wartime home front nuisance while at the same time staunchly upholding support for this act of civilian sac...

Nash-Kelvinator Goes to War

Nash-Kelvinator Goes to War

April 09, 2020
advertising, World War II

Their eyes lock with yours. That’s the first thing you notice, and the raw emotion of the background starts first from the face that is spea...

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Wretched Refuse of Your Teeming Shore - Since You Went Away (1944)

Agustus 15, 2019
Albert Basserman, Carl Sandburg, Claudette Colbert, Craig Stevens, David O. Selznick, Emma Lazarus, fascism, Jennifer Jones, Nazimova, Since You Went Away, World War II

Since You Went Away (1944) is a tribute to the American home front during World War II, its cozy, meandering plot glowing with quiet moment...

D-Day 75th anniversary - Earn This.

D-Day 75th anniversary - Earn This.

Juni 06, 2019
Harrison Young, Matt Damon, Saving Private Ryan, TCM, The Longest Day, Tom Brokaw, Tom Hanks, World War II

Marking the 75th anniversary of D-Day today, Turner Classic Movies is showing a roster of films related to this monumental event.  Probably ...

Edward R. Murrow reports from Buchenwald

Edward R. Murrow reports from Buchenwald

April 04, 2019
Edward R. Murrow, journalism, World War II

"If I have offended you by this rather mild account of Buchenwald, I am not in the least sorry." On April 15, 1945, journalist Edw...

Prelude to War - Requiescat in Pace, Greatest Generation

Prelude to War - Requiescat in Pace, Greatest Generation

Desember 06, 2018
FMPU, Frank Capra, Prelude to War, Requiescat in pace, Why We Fight, World War II

Tomorrow, December 7th, marks the 77th anniversary of the day America stood on the precipice of World War II, and a generation -- now referr...

Old Uniforms Never Die

Old Uniforms Never Die

Maret 15, 2018
Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Ginger Rogers, Harold Russell, Joseph Cotten, Judy Garland, Robert Walker, World War II

The uniforms are one of the most iconic images we remember from classic films.  They are the identification of The Greatest Generation.  For...