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One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time

“One of the great works of film history of the decade.” —Slate

Now a Netflix original documentary series, also written by Mark Harris: the extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most important directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed by it forever 

Here is the remarkable, untold story of how five major Hollywood directors—John Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William Wyler, and Frank Capra—changed World War II, and how, in turn, the war changed them. In a move unheard of at the time, the U.S. government farmed out its war propaganda effort to Hollywood, allowing these directors the freedom to film in combat zones as never before. They were on the scene at almost every major moment of America’s war, shaping the public’s collective consciousness of what we&rsq

Five Came Back A Story of Hollywood and the

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      Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/02/2015
      ISBN13: 9780143126836, 978-0143126836
      ISBN10: 0143126830
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      History of the Americas Military History Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time

      “One of the great works of film history of the decade.” —Slate

      Now a Netflix original documentary series, also written by Mark Harris: t      he extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most important directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed by it forever 

      Here is the remarkable, untold story of how five major Hollywood directors—John Ford, George Stevens, John Huston, William Wyler, and Frank Capra—changed World War II, and how, in turn, the war changed them. In a move unheard of at the time, the U.S. government farmed out its war propaganda effort to Hollywood, allowing these directors the freedom to film in combat zones as never before. They were on the scene at almost every major moment of America’s war, shaping the public’s collective consciousness of what we&rsq

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