|
|
Movies |
|
|
Movies |
| The 40s were a boom time for movies also.
Government declared the movie industry to be essential for boosting
morale and sharing war updates and propaganda. Hollywood was full
of glamorous movie stars. The number of costume designers grew and also the number of young stars grew.
If you lived in the city, every Saturday night the thing to do would be
to go to the movie house. They would start out with news reels of
updates on the war. The movie
stars did their part for the war effort by entertaining the troops at USO
shows. The people that we questioned for our "Kids View" project remembered seeing many movies stars on the silver screen. Some of them are seen below. |
| All Photos below provided by Darlene Janzen Memorabila Scrapbook or from the book "2000 Movies-The 1940s" by Robin Cross. 1985, Arlington House Publishers |
|
|
 |
|
|
Lana Turner |
|
|
|
|
| Judy Garland, Gene Kelly |
|
|
|
|
|
Academy Awards for Best Movies |
| DATE | BEST ACTOR AND ACTRESS | MOVIE |
| 1939 | Robert Donat and Vivien Leigh | GONE WITH THE WIND |
| !940 | Jimmy Stewart and Ginger Rogers | REBECCA |
| 1941 | Gary Cooper and Joan Fontaine | HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY |
| 1942 | James Cagney and Greer Carson | MRS. MINIVER |
| 1943 | Paul Lukas and Jennifer Jones | CASABLANCA |
| 1944 | Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman | GOING MY WAY |
| 1945 | Ray Milland and Joan Crawford | THE LOST WEEKEND |
| 1946 | Fredric March and Olivia de Haviland | THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES |
