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Apr 6, 2019 - 9:45 AM
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edwzoomom
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Whenever I realize that a film that is available to view on TCM but isn't available to me (my cable provider apparently values TCM as a premium station), I take on my "I'll get you my pretty and your little dog too" personna and find it elsewhere. Well, I found it on Amazon Prime for 2.00 and what a bargain.
With my love for WW2 films and scores, I cannot believe that I had never seen this film before. I may have viewed it many years ago but who knows. It tells the story of the Doolittle raid and is based on a book by Capt. Ted Lawson, a Doolittle pilot.
For a film made in 1944 in the midst of a raging war, the depth and quality of this film is amazing. This is no surprise with the direction of Mervyn LeRoy, production of Sam Zimbalist and writing of Dalton Trumbo. The cast is equally deep and effective with Van Johnson, Spencer Tracy, Don DeFore, Robert Mitchum, Robert Walker and Paul Langston.
According to everything I've read, the historical accuracy is spot on and the actual pilots felt it honored their mission.
The Stothart score is a mixture of his own score interspersed with patriotic and popular songs of the time. It fit the film very well. I may sound like an amateur film critic but my point is - if you haven't viewed this film, do so. It's so worth it.
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Most of the MGM pics of that era are horrible a.g A GUY NAMED JOE..
but this one is a.goodie!
Bruce
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My favorite WWII movie is Battleground (1949). Can't say I remember much of Lennie Hayton's (married for years to Lena Horne) score, but if you don't love the ending, you don't love WWII movie music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQvYE8sbc8
I. Recently ordered this from the library but I failed to pick it up in time.
Hafta reorder it!
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It's been a loooooong time since I've seen this one. I basically remember Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson. B-25's. Jungle. I do remember that I liked it.
Fascinating that it was made before the end of the war.
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