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It was the best of times and the worst of times for Hollywood before the war. The box office was booming, and the studios? control of talent and distribution was as airtight as could be hoped. But the industry?s relationship with Washington was decidedly uneasy?hearings and investigations into allegations of corruption and racketeering were multiplying, and hanging in the air was the insinuation that the business was too foreign, too Jewish, too ?un-American? in its values and causes. Could an industry this powerful in shaping America?s mind-set really be left in the hands of this crew? Following Pearl Harbor, Hollywood had the chance to prove its critics wrong and did so with vigor, turning its talents and its business over to the war effort to an unprecedented extent.No industry professionals played a bigger role in the war than America?s most legendary directors: Ford, Wyler, Huston, Capra, and Stevens. Between them they were on the scene of almost every major moment of America?s
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