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Hollywood in the Forties #5 International Film Guide Series
Hollywood in the Forties 5 International Film Guide Series Author:Charles Higham and Joel Greenberg During the Forties, because of World War II, the major Hollywood studios began to find their niche. M-G-M had the biggest array of stars - Mickey Rooney, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Greer Garson - and concentrated on films about nice people involved in heartbreak, all with glossy endings. Warners was run with an iron hand. Rough, realistic fil... more »ms were being made swiftly and expertly by such stars as Humphrey Bogart, Laure Bacall, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. While at Paramount comedies and light mysteries sarreed Ray Milland, Alan Ladd, Paulette Goddard and Veronica Lake. Columbia produced a rash of slick B-pictures, concentrating on Rita Hayworth, its only major female star. Twentieth Century-Fox's attraction was Betty Grable, the G.I.'s favorite pin-up girl. Universal started the 40's with Deanna Durbin musicals. Later the company merged to become Universal-International Pictures. R.K.O. featured B-picture melodrama; and Republic concentrated on Vera Hruba Ralston.« less
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