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Bombers on missions over nazi germany. First, to provide context, we speak to author and film historian mark harris. A new book out by author mark harris, five game back, a story of hollywood and the second world war, and among the directors featured is William Wyler. Mark harris is joining us to explain this book and this director in world war ii. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. Who was William Wyler . Whats his background . Of the five directors about whom i write, wyler was the only jew. He was an immigrant from a small town called mulose, which was in a region of france that when he was a boy and a teenager, had been at various times either french or under german occupation. So when he came to hollywood and worked his way up and eventually before the war became known as one of the most sophisticated and meticulous and mature craftsman in hollywood with movie ....
Pietro,ilitial pietro,ilitially. Praised at the time for the battle that killed over 1,000 americans, the film was composed of almost entirely reenacted scenes. We speak with film historian mark harris. The book is titled five came back, a story of hollywood and the second world war. Joining us from new york is mark harris. As we look at some of the leading directors from this time period, including john huston, what can you tell us about him . Well, huston was a really fascinating, larger than life figure. His career in hollywood was just starting when the war broke out. He had had a kind of never do well adolescence and early 20s. He had been involved in a few car crashes. He fled to paris at one point. His reputation was really not great. And then he came back to hollywood, started to build a reputation as a screen writer, particularly with the help of william wyler, who was something of a mentor and very good friend to him. And then just before pearl harbor, had his breakthrough su ....
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