Hollywood's World War I
Author | : Peter C. Rollins |
Publisher | : Popular Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:49015002689645 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Contributions study feature films and documentaries, tracing America's changing attitudes toward the Great War. Works considered include The Training of Colored Troops (1918), Hearts of the World (1918), What Price Glory (1926), The Big Parade (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front and Hell's Angels (1930), The Fighting 69th (1940), Sergeant York (1941), and the eight-part series titled "The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century," broadcast during the fall of 1996. A World War I filmography concludes the work. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR