We'll always have the movies
Subtitle: American cinema during World War II
By: Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry.
Contributors: Parry, Sally E.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lexington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780813123868
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Motion pictures and the war.; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Other titles: We will always have the movies
Description: "We'll Always Have the Movies explores how movies made in Hollywood during World War II were vehicles for helping Americans understand the war. Far from being simplistic flag-waving propaganda designed to evoke emotional reactions, these films offered audiences narrative structures that formed a foundation for grasping the nuances of war. These films asked audiences to consider the implications of the Nazi threat; they put a face on both our enemies and allies; and they explored changing wartime gender roles. We'll Always Have the Movies reveals how film after film repeated the narratives, character types, and rhetoric that made the war and each American's role in it comprehensible."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.