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The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace (1944)

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Title:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Date:
1944
Publisher:
New York : Richard R. Smith
Volume:
The command is forward : selections from addresses on the motion picture industry in war and peace
Leaf #:
00038
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 01, 2025
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26 THE COMMAND IS FORWARD tion of our diverse countries, cultures and war sacrifices can be obtained most quickly on a popular level through this people's art which speaks a universal language. Multiplied millions of moviegoers will always remember London Can Ta\e It, Christmas Under Fire, Churchill's Island, The Siege of Leningrad, Battle of Stalingrad and that never-to-be-forgotten picture of the crying Chinese baby sitting on a bomb-wrecked railroad platform in the ruins of battered Shanghai. I can see by your faces that you too remember these unforgettable scenes. 6. Good Neighbor Films. Motion pictures have been useful also in implementing the Good Neighbor policy among the western hemisphere's 21 republics. Walt Disney's Saludos Amigos is probably the best known among scores of motion pictures whose producers have attempted sincerely to include accurate backgrounds, fair portrayals, representative music and constructive presentations of life throughout the Americas. 7. Morale Films. Finally let me emphasize the wartime importance of entertainment — sheer "escapism" if you please. Slapstick comedies, detective thrillers, and light romances which break wartime tension, relieve factory fatigue and supply temporary surcease to hearts heavy over lost or absent loved ones are of incalculable value to national morale. The British recognized this at the very beginning of the war. Within a few weeks after the fighting started, an official agreement was concluded between the British government and distributors of American motion pictures