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Sailing on the Silver Screen: Hollywood and the U.S. Navy
by Suid, Lawrence
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 1557507872
- ISBN 13
- 9781557507877
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1996. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. xiv, [2], 307, [5] p. Notes. Sources. List of Interviews. Index. The author provides a fully documented history of the making of the Navy's image on film from the movie industry's earliest days. He goes behind the scenes for deliberations about the potential impact of certain movies on both the military and civilians, and examines the ripple effect of such watershed films as Top Gun, a movie that initially gave the Navy a needed post-Vietnam boost. However, when the Tailhook scandal erupted and the conduct of some aviators was attributed to the "flyboy" image projected in the movie, Top Gun became a liability. Lawrence Suid's inside revelations about the Navy's cinematic input range from pre-World War I to post-Cold War. More than 100 films, as varied as Annapolis and Hunt for Red October, are analyzed for their portrayal of the Navy. The book's focus is on feature films, but relevant documentaries and made-for-television movies are also discussed. Suid draws on original documents from the Department of Defense, National Archives, and private collections, and from interviews with more than 100 filmmakers, naval officers, and government officials.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71389
- Title
- Sailing on the Silver Screen: Hollywood and the U.S. Navy
- Author
- Suid, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 1557507872
- ISBN 13
- 9781557507877
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Donald Baruch, Toko-Ri, James Michener, Bosley Crowther, John Ford, John Horton, Stanley Kramer, Walter Mirisch, Frank Wead, Pearl Harbor, Tora, Clair Towne, United States Navy, Movies, Motion Pictures, Cinema, Hollywood
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