This is us right now...A Face in the Crowd (1957) "Good night, you stupid people..."

 

For more on this fascinating and important...and timely...film, have a look at this previous post.

Hollywood Fights Fascism is a collection of posts from this blog that showcase a braver era in Hollywood, when fascism was called out for what it was.  eBook and print from Amazon;

Available in eBook here from Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a varied of other online shops.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.

This is us right now...JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)...

 

For more on this fascinating and important...and timely...film, have a look at this previous post.

Hollywood Fights Fascism is a collection of posts from this blog that showcase a braver era in Hollywood, when fascism was called out for what it was.  eBook and print from Amazon;

Available in eBook here from Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a varied of other online shops.

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Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.

Requiescat in pace - Eva Marie Saint

 

Classic film fans will mourn the death of the lovely Eva Marie Saint, who passed yesterday at the age of 102, one of the last stars from Hollywood's heyday.  Active at TCM events and interviews in recent years, she was a treasure.

For more on her work in North By Northwest (1959), see this previous post.

This is us right now...MEET JOHN DOE (1941) "Lighthouses" scene...

 

For more on this fascinating and important...and timely...film, have a look at this previous post.

Hollywood Fights Fascism is a collection of posts from this blog that showcase a braver era in Hollywood, when fascism was called out for what it was.  eBook and print from Amazon;

Available in eBook here from Barnes & Noble, Apple, and a varied of other online shops.

*******************************

Jacqueline T. Lynch is the author of Ann Blyth: Actress. Singer. Star. and Movies in Our Time - Hollywood Mirrors and Mimics the Twentieth Century and Hollywood Fights Fascism and Christmas in Classic Films. TO JOIN HER READERS' GROUP - follow this link for a free book as a thank-you for joining.

CHILDREN'S WARTIME ADVENTURE NOVELS - The Silent Generation's Vicarious Experience of World War II -- is available in eBook here at Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, and a wide variety of other online shops.

And it is here in eBook, paperback print, and hardcover, from Amazon.

It is also here in paperback from Ingram.

And here in hardcover from Ingram.

From Cherry Ames, to Meet the Malones, from Dave Dawson to Kitty Carter - Canteen Girl, the Silent Generation spent their childhood immersed in geopolitical events through the prism of their middle grade and young adult books.  From the home front to the battlefield, these books are a window on their world, and influenced their hard-working, conformity-loving generation. 

Buy this or any of my books online here at Bookshop.org.