Robert+L.+McLaughlin,+Sally+E.+Parry+-+We'll+Always+Have+the+Movies,+American+Cinema+during+World+War+II+(2005).pdf

P REFACE i

WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE THE MOVIES

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P REFACE iii

HAVE THE MOVIES

DURING WORLD WA R II

R OBERT L. M C L AUGHLIN

S ALLY E. P ARRY

T HE U NIVERSITY P RESS OF K ENTUCKY

WE’LL ALWAYS

AMERICAN CINEMA

P REFACE

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Soldier,” from the motion picture Iceland. Lyrics by Mack Gordon. Music by Harry

All photographs are from the authors’ collection.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McLaughlin, Robert L., 1957-

We’ll always have the movies : American cinema during World War II / Robert L.

McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-2386-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-8131-2386-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. World War, 1939-1945—Motion

pictures and the war. 2. World War, 1939-1945—United States. I. Title: We will always

have the movies. II. Parry, Sally E. III. Title.

D743.23.M45 2006

791.430973’09044—dc22 2005028880

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