Carolyn and Michael fall in love and decide to marry. However, Michael insists that Carolyn quit her job. She soon finds that the two of them cannot make ends meet on his salary alone, so she gets a job and tries to keep it a secret from him.
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her 1st husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who...
In this episode of the Why We Fight propaganda series, the events from the English and French declarations of war against Nazi Germany to the conquest of France by the Nazi. In detail, we learn of how a combination of innovative Nazi military tactics and the work of traitors allowed the conquest of much of Central Europe.
为了完成元帅交代的任务,卡普拉觉得必须马上学习与纪录片有关的东西。他首先要求陆军部让他观看里芬斯塔尔的《意志的胜利》,这部影片使他感到不寒而栗。他越是思考自己对这部影片的反应,越感到认真研究此片是解决自己面临的问题的关键。如果美国士兵观看了这部影片,他们就会更加明白为什么自己要进行战斗。当卡普拉发现美国还有几百部德国、意大利、日本拍摄的战争新闻片和纪录片时,就设法将这些影片调集到了自己手中,后来他还觉得有必要从美国的盟国那里获得有关的电影资料,于是就跟苏联大使馆以及其他国家的驻美使馆进行交涉。在这个过程中,他还走过一段弯路。一天,他被出其不意地传唤到陆军部的保安局,坐在一个戴眼镜的上校对面,一个脸上无表情的男速记员拿过来一份调查表,上校宣称卡普拉因违反军纪将被逮捕,并且要接受调查。上校取出一张照片,卡普拉一看便知,那是自己站在苏联大使馆门前的照片:“...
In this final installment of the "Why We Fight" propaganda series, the subject focuses on the United States of America. We learn of its good qualities and the things worth fighting for. With that established, we learn of the history of the United States' population shifting opinion towards siding with the Allies against the Axis until the attack on Pearl Harbour which brought A...
我们熟悉的这些20世纪的风云人物,共同出现在一部电影中,这部电影如同一部世界现代史的摘要,汇集了欧洲、亚洲和美洲那一时期变幻动荡的历史风云。这部影片就是《我们为何而战》。
当欧亚大陆正经历着第二次世界大战血与火的洗礼之际,美国人依然保持着自己的生活方式,战争似乎只是广播里的新闻。直到珍珠港事件爆发之后,美国人才意识到战争降临美国。
好莱坞电影大师卡普拉算是最早移民美国实现自己梦想的成功者。二十世纪初,他从意大利到美国,先是派拉蒙,后是哥伦比亚公司,都因他的加盟而名声大噪。一部《一夜风流》使他登上了奥斯卡的梦想之颠。
珍珠港事件发生几个星期之后,好莱坞电影导演弗兰克·卡普拉忽然坐在美国国防部参谋长马歇尔元帅的办公室里,此时的卡普拉已经换上崭新的军装,摇身变成了一名少校。元帅向他说明召见他的用意:美国军队中平民与职业军人之间的人数比例即将达到五十比一的程...
This is one of seven major propaganda films made by the Department Of Defense during World War II, and it's directed by Frank Capra.
In this installment of the "Why We Fight" propaganda series, we learn about the country of China and its people. With a brief history of the country, we also learn of why the Japanese wanted to conquer it and felt confident about succeeding. Final...
During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. ...
碧翠丝(金格尔·罗杰斯 Ginger Rogers 饰)是一名已经过气的百老汇女明星,一次偶然中她邂逅了名为克劳恩(威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰)的作家。年轻气盛的克劳恩当着碧翠丝的面对她提出了诸多的批评,没想到这反而吸引了碧翠丝的注意,让她对其产生了好感。
碧翠丝的前夫哈里(保罗·道格拉斯 Paul Douglas 饰)是好莱坞知名的制片人,他于偶然之中读到了克劳恩所写的剧本,对其大加赞赏。碧翠丝和哈里找到了克劳恩,劝说他将故事里原本十九岁的女主角年龄改成二十九岁,以方便碧翠丝出演这个角色,最终克劳恩妥协了。莎莉(帕特·克劳蕾 Pat Crowley 饰)是初出茅庐的女演员,在读了克劳恩的剧本之后,她认为自己才是出演女主角的不二人选。
My Foolish Heart is an Academy Award-nominated 1949 film which tells the story of a woman's reflections on the bad turns her life has taken. It was directed by Mark Robson and stars Dana Andrews and Susan Hayward. Adapted from J. D. Salinger's 1948 short story "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut," it remains the only authorized film adaptation of Salinger's work; the filmmakers' infi...
范尼(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)是混迹于上流社会的交际花,每个男人都争相的想要目睹她娇艳的容颜和婀娜的身段。范尼有一个弟弟名叫乔治(沃尔特·艾贝尔 Walter Abel 饰),他在史格芬顿先生(克劳德·雷恩斯 Claude Rains 饰)的手底下工作,因为乔治的过错,导致他欠了史格芬顿先生一笔钱,为了还清债务,范尼只得嫁给了一直暗恋着她的史格芬顿先生。
姐姐和上司结婚的消息让乔治感到自己颜面无存,在大发雷霆之后,他走上了前线,参加了第一次世界大战。一晃眼数年过去,当范尼再次得到弟弟的消息时,得到的竟然是他的死讯,悲痛万分的范尼将这一切都怪在了丈夫身上。