{"product_id":"well-always-have-the-movies-american-cinema-during-world-war-ii-9780813130057","title":"We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema During World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eWe'll Always Have the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eWe'll Always Have the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how film after film repeated the narratives, character types, and rhetoric that made the war and each American's role in it comprehensible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry have screened more than 600 movies made between 1937 and 1946 -- including many never before discussed in this context -- and have analyzed the cultural and historical importance of these films in explaining the war to moviegoers. Pre-Pearl Harbor films such as \u003ci\u003eSergeant York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Dictator\u003c\/i\u003e established the rationale for the war in Europe. After the United States entered the war, films such as \u003ci\u003eAir Force\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSo Proudly We Hail!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBack to Bataan\u003c\/i\u003e conveyed reasons for U.S. involvement in the Pacific. \u003ci\u003eThe Hitler Gang\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSahara\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBataan\u003c\/i\u003e defined our enemies; and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Miniver, Mission to Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDragon Seed\u003c\/i\u003e defined our allies. Some movies -- \u003ci\u003eThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek, Hail the Conquering Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLifeboat\u003c\/i\u003e among them -- explored homefront anxieties about the war's effects on American society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf the many films that sought to explain the politics behind and the social impact of the war -- and why it concerned Americans -- \u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e is perhaps one of the most widely recognized. McLaughlin and Parry argue that Rick's Café Américain serves as a United Nations, sheltering characters who represent countries being oppressed by Germany. At Rick's, these characters learn that they share a common love of freedom, which is embodied in patriotism; from this commonality, they overcome their differences and work together to solve a conflict that affects them all. As the representative American, Rick Blain (Humphrey Bogart) cannot idly stand by in the face of injustice, and he ultimately sides with those being oppressed. Bogart's character is a metaphor for America, which could also come out of its isolationism to be a true world leader and unite with its allies to defeat a common enemy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollectively, Hollywood's war-era films created a mythic history of the war that, even today, has more currency than the actual events of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert L. McLaughlin,Sally E. Parry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813130057\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert L. McLaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Illinois State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSally E. Parry\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Illinois State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44911777644659,"sku":"9780813130057","price":47.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4a685e6b-ce1f-48c9-98f4-9a2d55bfe6da.jpg?v=1777568827","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/well-always-have-the-movies-american-cinema-during-world-war-ii-9780813130057","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}