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December 7, 1941, is a historical
date that
too few people remember these days.
Maven would like to honor the veterans and civilians
who contributed to "the day which will live in infamy" by posting parts of the issue of The Old Movie Maven given
over to that day in 1941. So please check
it out and pass the urls on to others.
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DECEMBER 7, 1941: Then and the Years Since
DECEMBER 7, 1941: The Old Movie Maven Issue
Maven has also added a first-hand experience from
a United States Army Air Corps' wife over in her bookshelf section . . .
PEARL HARBOR: You Are There
Maven received a series of photographs
from a friend who works out at the same fitness center as Maven.
Maven would like to honor Don F. and all
the other veterans that she is privileged and honored to know by posting the photographs Don F. sent her:
You Are There At Pearl Harbor
Here are reviews and such by Maven about movies
that dealt with the war:
Tora! Tora! Tora! represents
Hollywood's take on December 7th, the day that embroiled the United States into World War II:
TORA! TORA! TORA!!
TORA! TORA! TORA! - One Reviewer's Opinion
TORA! TORA! TORA! Bloopers
The Man Who Came to Dinner
was released in January of 1942, less than two months after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and was a much-needed remedy
for the home front.
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
Maven did double duty on one review with two movies:
Above and Beyond (1952) starred
Robert Taylor as Paul Tibbets, who lead the mission towards victory in the bombing of Hiroshima.
Since You Went Away (1944)
was based on Since You Went Away: Letters to a Soldier from His Wife by Margaret Buell Wilder. Wilder also
did the adaptation . . . but then one has to take the producer David O. Selznick into accout:
"One of David O. Selznick's staff members told the producer about Margaret Buell WIlder's novel; he was immediately taken with it. However, Selznick
really wanted to make an epic-sized movie, so he had to do a complete overhaul of the book to suit those ends. He was particularly
interested in the character of the older daughter, Jane, knowing that it would make a great part for Jennifer Jones."--http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037280/trivia
ABOVE AND BEYOND and SINCE YOU WENT AWAY
Dame Vera Lynn, whose "We'll Meet Again" meant
so much to so many of her countrymen who fought in World War II, is interviewed seventy years aftwards on GMTV:
Even hair had it's part in the war effort - Hair
Style for Safety WWII:
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