Hollywood in World War II Delaware - Nazarewycz, Michael J
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From the beginning of World War II, Delaware's movie theaters played a starring role in the state's war effort. Delaware and every town in it - from Claymont to Delmar - did its part to support the war. From base theaters to opera houses to movie palaces, Delaware's theaters sold hundreds of millions of dollars in war bonds. They served as WAAC recruiting stations. They were collection points for resource drives. They screened countless newsreels and documentaries about every aspect of the war. And they hosted the likes of Fay Wray, Gene Lockhart, Gail Patrick, Paulette Goddard, and other…mehr

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From the beginning of World War II, Delaware's movie theaters played a starring role in the state's war effort. Delaware and every town in it - from Claymont to Delmar - did its part to support the war. From base theaters to opera houses to movie palaces, Delaware's theaters sold hundreds of millions of dollars in war bonds. They served as WAAC recruiting stations. They were collection points for resource drives. They screened countless newsreels and documentaries about every aspect of the war. And they hosted the likes of Fay Wray, Gene Lockhart, Gail Patrick, Paulette Goddard, and other Hollywood stars who came to the state to keep morale high, support strong, and dollars flowing. Author Michael J. Nazarewycz recounts how the First State, the Greatest Generation, and the Dream Factory joined forces when America's forces needed them most.
Autorenporträt
Michael Nazarewycz was a kid during the era he considers the Golden Age of film fandom: 1974-89, when drive-ins, single-screeners and multiplexes were simultaneously popular, when broadcast networks and UHF stations offered steady diets of everything from classics to blockbusters to late-night schlock and when premium cable and home video exploded with twenty-four-hour film programming. Since 2000, he has written for numerous online outlets; in 2014, he founded the MOT Film Society, where he brought classic films to the big screens of Middletown. In 2019, he wrote his first book, Historic Movie Theaters of Delaware (The History Press), the definitive history of movie theaters in the First State.