Review

"A solid title for public and academic film collections."--Library Journal

"The book is a delight to read. Basinger communicates in a clear and engaging way, and her lively writing makes the study of movies as enjoyable as watching movies."--Robert Brent Toplin, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington

"The book is a delight to read. Basinger communicates in a clear and engaging way, and her lively writing makes the study of movies as enjoyable as watching movies."--Robert Brent Toplin, Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington

"No other book offers comparable breadth or focus. It makes available a scholarly, historical context for students, readers and filmgoers to understand the continuities and changes in present-day representations of World War II."--Robert Sklar, author of Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies

About the Author

JEANINE BASINGER is the Corwin-Fuller Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University and Chair of the Film Department. She is the author of Silent Stars (Wesleyan, 2000), A Woman's View: How Hollywood Spoke To Women (Wesleyan, 1995) and numerous other books.