Hollywood Goes to War
- Episode aired Jan 29, 1980
- 52m
IMDb RATING
8.3/10
74
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Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic films and war bond tours.Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic films and war bond tours.Hollywood and its stars support the War effort with propaganda and patriotic films and war bond tours.
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James Mason
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Valerie Germonprez
- Self
- (as Valerie von Stroheim)
Jesse Lasky Jr.
- Self
- (as Jesse L. Lasky Jr.)
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
- Self
- (as Charles Buddy Rogers)
Raoul Walsh
- Self
- (archive footage)
William A. Wellman
- Self
- (archive footage)
Charles Chaplin
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
D.W. Griffith
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Sessue Hayakawa
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe archive footage of Raoul Walsh and William A. Wellman is from the 1973 series "The Men Who Made the Movies."
- Quotes
Anita Loos: I really credit Hollywood on World War One. It was an outcome of an economic situation brought about by war.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
- SoundtracksI Didn't Bring My Boy Up To Be a Soldier
(uncredited)
Music by Al Piantadosi
Lyrics by Al Bryan
Heard as background music to World War I montage
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One of the best episodes of the series!
"Hollywood: Hollywood Goes to War" is a fantastic episode from a wonderful series by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow. I loved it because it really did a great job describing how the American film industry came to surpass Europe's as well as showing the rather schizophrenic way the industry handled WWI--ranging from deploring the violence to heartily endorsing it!! This switch was amazing due to how quickly this occurred as well as showing one man (D.W. Griffith) who made the most Anti- and Pro- war films--one after the other!! Very well documented, fascinating and well worth your time. And, don't worry that the film ends with discussing the great American anti-war film "All Quiet on the Western Front". Yes, it WAS a sound film but because of when it was released, both sound AND silent versions were made as many theaters had yet to make the switch.
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- planktonrules
- Oct 10, 2014
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- Runtime52 minutes
- Color
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