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"High Noon" is on.
Was Henry Morgan in ALL these old westerns?
Was Henry Morgan in ALL these old westerns?
Yep....Him and ward bond......KY Gentleman said:"High Noon" is on.
Was Henry Morgan in ALL these old westerns?
we did .... yeah it's over the top US propaganda, though it also makes some strides for its day. Definitley went through a few kleenex on the first few viewings.zaika said:Since You Went Away (1944) w/ Claudette Colbert.
I'll probably buy the movie to keep. lol
zaika said:Since You Went Away (1944) w/ Claudette Colbert.
LONG movie. Made me cry in some parts. But, my word, it was one huge propaganda flick. I don't know much about the intentions of the film, but the sappy patriotic tones it sometimes took on were almost too much. I liked how they took a little cross section of civilians (the family and the grandfather), and portrayed how hard it was to get along during the war with shortages and losing loved ones. But Colbert's character "seeing the light" at the end of the movie and getting a factory job to support the war...well, I'm not sure that's exactly how it played out in real life. They should have showed her getting a factory job because she needed the money!! I mean...that's why they took in a boarder, right?
[huh] Then again, what do I know?
I'll probably buy the movie to keep. lol
pgoat said:we did .... yeah it's over the top US propaganda, though it also makes some strides for its day. Definitley went through a few kleenex on the first few viewings.
AmateisGal said:Hollywood really turned up the valve on patriotism in movies during the war. You might like this book, Z. It's a good read, IMO.
Hollywood Goes to War: How Politics, Profits, and Propaganda Shaped World War II Movies.
LizzieMaine said:Hunt herself is actually the weak link in the film -- she looks *awful*. Gaunt, haggard, underweight, and when her character proclaimed her age as "39," there were audible snorts from the audience. Good film, but I wish she'd gain some weight.
Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia. He is expecting to work for his cousin as a sports writer on the Italian magazine his cousin has been producing. But when he gets there he discovers that his cousin has left leaving a substantial debt to Kay Kelly. Nino declares that he will get a job and pay back the debt.
The film tells how he does this, making new mates, and the growing attraction between Nino & Kay. All this despite some difficulties with Australian slang and Kay's father and his dislike of Italians. Much of the story is taken up with Nino's attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday urban Australians, and assimilate. The film deals with customs and manners of 1950s and 60s Australian society.