WW II certainly was a different time-- a new book details the activities of five A-list Hollywood directors who volunteered their time and talents (and risked their lives, in some cases) to the war effort: a new book, Five Came Back, which chronicles the wartime service of the great American directors Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, William Wyler, and George Stevens. The mind boggles at imagining Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese, and Quentin Tarantino all donning uniforms for the duration to make films.That their very approximate 1940s equivalents did just that—generally for a fraction of their peacetime pay—is a trenchant reminder that World War II was different.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 02:26:53 +0000