WORLD WAR II MOVIES MADE DURING WORLD WAR II
Dec 9, 2017 18:01:33 GMT
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Post by mattgarth on Dec 9, 2017 18:01:33 GMT
Along with EDGE OF DARKNESS -- two more wartime films about the occupation of Norway, and firmly establishing the name of 'Quisling' as one who sells out his country:
THE MOON IS DOWN -- based on the John Steinbeck novel.
COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN -- with Paul Muni leading the charge.
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So much for Norway. Moving on to Russia:
COUNTER-ATTACK -- Muni again, this time a Russian guerrilla fighter holded up in a bombed-out cellar with a bunch of German soldiers.
DAYS OF GLORY -- Gregory Peck's film debut as a Russian freedom fighter.
SONG OF RUSSIA -- Robert Taylor's American symphony conductor entertaining the Soviets when the Blitzkrieg starts in June 1941.
MISSION TO MOSCOW -- Walter Huston as the American ambassador being friendly with all the Russian bigwigs.
THE NORTH STAR -- Huston's clean old peasant village doctor joining townsfolk in pushing back German invaders (Erich Von Stroheim among them).
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All those wartime Pro-Soviet films were later attacked by postwar HUAC investigating Communist influence in American motion pictures.
THE MOON IS DOWN -- based on the John Steinbeck novel.
COMMANDOS STRIKE AT DAWN -- with Paul Muni leading the charge.
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So much for Norway. Moving on to Russia:
COUNTER-ATTACK -- Muni again, this time a Russian guerrilla fighter holded up in a bombed-out cellar with a bunch of German soldiers.
DAYS OF GLORY -- Gregory Peck's film debut as a Russian freedom fighter.
SONG OF RUSSIA -- Robert Taylor's American symphony conductor entertaining the Soviets when the Blitzkrieg starts in June 1941.
MISSION TO MOSCOW -- Walter Huston as the American ambassador being friendly with all the Russian bigwigs.
THE NORTH STAR -- Huston's clean old peasant village doctor joining townsfolk in pushing back German invaders (Erich Von Stroheim among them).
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All those wartime Pro-Soviet films were later attacked by postwar HUAC investigating Communist influence in American motion pictures.