Going Hollywood: The War Years (1988)

Director:

Julian Schlossberg

Writer:

Charles Badaracco (written by)

Genre:

Documentary | War

Plot:

A documentary about how Hollywood kept up morale during the years of World War II.

Plot Keywords:

World War Two | Filmmaking | Hollywood California | Film History | 1940s

Cast

Van Johnson	...	Himself - Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vivian Blaine	...	Herself
Humphrey Bogart	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dane Clark	...	Himself
Jackie Cooper	...	Himself
Gloria DeHaven	...	Herself
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	...	Himself
Evelyn Keyes	...	Herself
Hedy Lamarr	...	Herself (archive footage)
Joan Leslie	...	Herself
Roddy McDowall
Tony Randall	...	Himself
Sylvia Sidney	...	Herself
Joan Crawford	...	(archive footage) (uncredited)
Farley Granger	...	(archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Julian Schlossberg

Writing credits
Charles Badaracco		(written by)

Produced by
Jonathan Kaplan	....	associate producer
Anthony Potenza	....	associate producer
Julian Schlossberg	....	producer

Film Editing by
Ken Brady

Production Management
Milly Sherman	....	production supervisor

Sound Department
Ron Kirves	....	sound mixer
Charles 'Skip' Newman	....	sound
David Sperling	....	sound
Pawel Wdowczak	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Hunold	....	second electrician
Alex Justowytsch	....	assistant camera
Ron Myrvik	....	cinematographer: New York
Craig Nelson	....	gaffer
Paul Savage	....	camera operator: Los Angeles

Editorial Department
Terry Katz	....	post-production consultant
Robin Klein	....	assistant editor
Mark Negreann	....	assistant video editor
Steven Scotch-Marmo	....	editor: video

Other crew
Paris Jamal	....	audio transfer
Andrew Lowe	....	photomation
Patricia Melloni	....	chyron operator
Ruth Robbins	....	graphics coordinator
Randall San Antonio	....	production accountant
Phillip Schopper	....	creative consultant
Ellen Trost	....	business affairs manager
Kiyoko Watanabe	....	production coordinator

Thanks
Stan Caidin	....	special thanks
Stephen Clarendon	....	special thanks
Jim Finn	....	special thanks
James Forsher	....	special thanks
Mark Governor	....	special thanks
Herb Graff	....	special thanks
Cathy Haft	....	special thanks
Bruce Harris	....	special thanks
Joe Lemieux	....	special thanks
Andrew Murdoch	....	special thanks
Martin Soloway	....	special thanks
John Springer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Castle Hill Productions
• Castle Hill Television

Distributors

• Warner Home Video (video)

Other Companies

• A&S Book Co.  special thanks
• Caidin Film Co.  special thanks
• Columbia Pictures Corporation  special thanks
• James Forsher Collection  special thanks
• L&D Film & Video  disk preparation
• Magna Video  video services
• Magno/Empire  sound services
• Natural Archives  special thanks
• Republic Pictures (I)  special thanks
• Superior Fototech  magazine blow-ups
• Turner Entertainment  special thanks
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation  special thanks
• United States Air Force, The  special thanks
• University of South Carolina Newsreel Library  special thanks
• Viacom Enterprises  special thanks
• Video-Cinema Films Inc.  film clips provided by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (archive footage) | Black and White (archive footage) | Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Cine Studios, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Castle Hill Productions

Trivia:

This documentary shows many clips from Hollywood World War II movies, as the DVD / video sleeves for it state, its a "lively compilation" of vintage feature-film clips and "original wartime footage". But virtually all of them are not annotated with a movie's title (only with actors' and/or actresses' names), nor is a list of the titles shown during the closing credits, making it possibly difficult for the viewer to know which film is which unless they know the movie.

Quotes:

Himself - Host:There were so many stars. So much talent. So many beautiful women. They just don't make wars like that anymore.

Movie Connections:

Features Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

A decent overview but not a film for serious film buffs

Van Johnson narrates this documentary about Hollywood during WWII. It's a decent overview of the period for the average viewer, however, for the serious film buff the film is severely lacking and COULD have been a lot better. First, although many of the stars in the MANY clips used were identified, many more were not. It was, at times, inexplicable--such as where Dane Clark (a relatively minor star but a very good actor) is identified but John Garfield (a HUGE star) isn't identified! Second, NONE of the movies shown are identified...NONE! So, clip after clip are shown but you might have no idea which movies they are! And, if you like a clip and want to see the entire film, you probably have no idea where to start!! Third, and I think this is a much lesser problem, some of the prints used were pretty poor. Also, as a history teacher I took great exception to Johnson saying that the first victor of the war for the US was Guadalcanal in 1943. What about the Battle of Midway in 1942? It was a HUGE victory--one of the most lopsided and important of the war! So, as a rabid film buff, I was not thrilled by the film at all. But, for most folks, it will be educational and reasonably enjoyable.