| |
Get All The Greatest Big Band & Jazz Music On 10 Different CD's From The
Roaring 20's To The Swinging Jazz 30's And To The Post World War II Era...
|
The winner of four Oscar nominations, Wake Island was one of the first major Hollywood films
to deal with America's forced participation in World War II. The first two reels takes place
in the weeks prior to Pearl Harbor, as Wake Island military commander Brian Donlevy carries
on a friendly rivalry with Seabee supervisor Albert Dekker. Once the US is in the shooting war,
all previous differences are forgotten and the Wake Island personnel begin pulling together.
Despite being heavily outnumbered during the subsequent Japanese attack on Wake, the Americans
put up a valiant fight, at great cost to the Imperial Forces. In a scene calculated to evoke
long, loud cheers from the audience, Donlevy, weary and battle-stained, relays to the American
mainland the legendary (if offensive) challenge "Send us more Japs!" As in the like-vintage
Bataan, the military defeat of the Americans is treated-and justifiably so—as a moral victory.
Utilizing some of the top male talents in Paramount's contract pool-Donlevy, Dekker Robert
Preston, MacDonald Carey, William Bendix—Wake Island remains an excellent example of
propaganda-as-entertainment.
|
|
Starring ... |
Brian Donlevy, Robert Preston, William Bendix, MacDonald Carey,
Albert Dekker, Barbara Britton
|
Director: John Farrow
Producer: Joseph Sistrom
Year Released - 1942
Length - 82 minutes
Music Composer: David Buttolph
Movie Distributed by Paramount Pictures
|
To search and purchase anything related with the movie listed on this page
Wake Island
,then simply just click on this link here.
Thank you...
Click on VHS tape
for enlarged view
CLICK HERE
to buy this VHS tape
|
|
Click on DVD tape
for enlarged view
CLICK HERE to Purchase DVD
|
|
|
 |
View The Movie Image Library
(Movie Stills) -
Wake Island
|
OR |
Click Here To View
|
Return to the "World War II" Index Page
Videos in the DVD or VHS format or the CD soundtracks
can be purchased through
AMAZON.com .
Thank you...
Please Help Support This Site By Purchasing A Couple Of CD's
|
