Its a drama about a british woman drafted into war work in a factory, who meets a flyer, falls in love. Millions more tune in to opry broadcasts via a mobile app, siriusxm satellite radio, nashvilles 650 am wsm, and the opry website and wsm 650 am website. Media in category films of the united states, 1943 the following 64 files are in this category, out of 64 total. Presented here are excerpts from a longer article, in which shumiatskii gloats over the success of chapaev, which represented the triumph of his simple, audiencedirected policies over the politically correct, but aesthetically suspect proletarian productions that had driven soviet audiences out of the movie theaters. Against the wishes of her family, celia enlists for service and hopes her. Variety star bertha willmott sings just like the ivy from millions like us film 1943 duration.
I undestand from what my mother told me years ago that my father was a member of this choir and went up to london to film. Find movie and film cast and crew information for millions like us 1943 sidney gilliat, frank launder on allmovie. This film was not to be confused with heaven can wait 1978, a remake of the 1941 comedydrama here comes mr. Millions like us is a 1943 film starring patricia roc, gordon jackson, anne crawford. Iowa, nebraska and south dakota, already in the midst of a bad. In millions like us virginia nicholson tells the story of the womens second world war, through a host of individual womens experiences. Whilst the tone of millions like us is, for the most part, downbeat and at times rather bleak, it is not a depressing film. The fictional superhero batman, who appears in american comic books published by dc comics, has appeared in various films since his inception. Millions like us 1943 not rated 1h 43min drama, war 15 november 1943 uk categorised as a british world war ii propaganda film this less known example is a superb work of moraleboosting films from mid world war 2. Created by bob kane and bill finger, the character first starred in two serial films in the 1940s. How british film celebrated the role of women during the second world war.
Stereotypical, 1943 british propaganda film put out with the intention of boosting civilian morale. It doesnt shy away from the fact that the war was causing immense anxiety and loss to millions of ordinary folk. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of millions like us with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Millions like us is a black and white movie made in england during world war ii. This extraordinary social document opens with archival footage of prewar britain, a patrician voice describing a nation at play during that final balmy summer before the. I have a question about the british wartime film, millions like us 1943 in one of the scenes there was a welsh choir singing on stage. Jazz on the screen is a reference work of filmographic information and does not point to digitized versions of the items described. Millions like us 1943 charters and caldicott featured in this 1943 war propaganda film written and directed by sidney gilliat and frank launder.
Millions like us is a fundamentally honest dramatization of the british home front during world war ii. Jan 15, 2014 millions like us is a bit of a slow starter, but it picks up slightly later on and the central romance that emerges is very cute to watch. Millions like us 1943 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Gilliat and launder who counted hitchcock and reed among their previous collaborators were experienced comedy writers making their directorial debut, so its no surprise to find caldicott and charters, the bumbling englishmen they created for the lady. He and launder made their directorial debut codirecting the home front drama millions like us 1943. Millions like us 2006 at the outbreak of world war ii, celia patricia roc and her family must join the domestic british war effort. Cinema for the millions seventeen moments in soviet history. Millions like us 1943 letterboxd your life in film. Here she meets other girls for all different walks of life, and begins a relationship with a young airman. Millions like us 1943 has been called a propaganda film.
Millions like us is the heartwarming story of a young british woman, celia crowson patricia roc, during world war ii. It stars patricia roc, eric portman, megs jenkins, and anne crawford, was written by sidney gilliat, and directed by gilliat and frank launder. With patricia roc, gordon jackson, anne crawford, moore marriott. Millions like us is a 1943 british propaganda film, showing life in a wartime aircraft factory in documentary detail.
The resulting controversy created enough interest to get the outlaw into theaters for just one week in 1943, and then it was pulled due to violations of the production code. Like the other semidocumentaries from this period, millions like us remains compelling because it is a snapshot of the british people in their finest hour. Gilliat and launder would later bring us the belles of st. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that youve provided to them or that theyve collected from your use of their services. Well written and directed the film has a simple story line based around the many women conscripted into industrial factory work. What happened in 1943 including pop culture, significant. With much of the film appearing to be digitally restored this process adds an amazing timeless quality to the faces, fashion, modest hair and makeup styling, which is delightful in itself making the characters appear almost contemporary. This list shows all films released in 1943, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release.
In millions like us patricia roc plays cecilia, a young woman living at home with her father and sisters. A heartwarming fantasyromantic comedy from fox studios, director lubitschs first and sole completed technicolor film. Millions like us, movie, 1943 internet movie cars database. Similar to the film, a crewman on the plane who was a concentration camp survivor retreated to a private area and wept after learning eichmann was on board. Box office numbers were reported at the time as a percentage compared to normal business at each theater. Le film millions like us 1943 vostfr admin 20170415t17. Jul 23, 2019 on this day in 1931, a swarm of grasshoppers descends on crops throughout the american heartland, devastating millions of acres. As he held it he reminisced about the 1943 copper lincoln cent he found in change when he was a youngster, but that turned out to be a fake, she added. Jul 15, 2015 millions like us 1943, digitally remastered 2015 edition buy it at amazon here when shy workingclass girl celia crowson roc is called up for war service during world war two, she dreams of a glamorous job in one of the services.
The picture features real airmen, policemen, firemen and factory workers in the large dance hall sequences interspersed with actual footage of air raids and factory life that do not look out of place. The tribulations of a family in wartime, especially of the meek daughter who. Celia crowson patricia roc, jennifer knowles anne crawford, gwen price megs jenkins, fred blake gordon jackson, charlie forbes eric portman. Red accent studios was granted the exclusive license to make the first vr adaptation. The film was released widely on april 23, 1946 when rko radio pictures premiered the film in san francisco, where it became a boxoffice hit. Eisenhower becomes the supreme allied commander, british and americans bomb hamburg causing firestorm, glenn miller orchestra popular with many hits. Were also including a bonus film from the same period about the bomber war. A young londoner is sent to an arms factory in the midlands, where she encounters a supportive world of women from across the class system.
A subjective list containing my personal selections for the best films of the correlating year above. Rather standard cinematic treatment of the ww2 home front brit division but having just sat through the hollywoodized, sappy version, tender. Frank launder and sidney gilliat shared a directing credit for their debut in that capacity, a film that looks at the effect of. Wealthy old playboy henry van cleve don ameche passed away.
Other starts include patricia roc, megs jenkin, eric portman, gordan jackson and anne crawford. It stars patricia roc, eric portman, megs jenkins, and anne crawford, was. The film could easily be considered quaint but its sincerity and authenticity are are rather compelling. Millions like us 1943, released in english language in theatre near you in. Categorised as a british world war ii propaganda film this less known example is a superb work of moraleboosting films from mid world war 2. A reel story of world war ii the united news collection of newsreels documents the battlefield and the home front. In between the right hand bedford and the saloon car looks like its a morris ten tilly, not as common as the austin. Millions like us 1943 sidney gilliat, frank launder. In 1996, i joined the open university, where i taught a. The tribulations of a family in wartime, especially of the meek daughter who goes into war work and marries an airman, who is killed. I took my ba history and ma film studies at the university of east anglia and then undertook my doctoral research at lancaster university, writing my phd thesis on the role of official film propaganda in britain during the second world war. It is essentially a sort of moraleboosting propaganda film, highlighting the contributions of everyday women from throughout the uk, from all walks of life and social classes, who were called up and put to.
They laughed about it and never asked to check ids. Her mother has passed away but this an otherwise ordinary middle class english home in the early 1940s. Celia is recruited to work in a munitions factory, where her. It starred patricia roc, eric portman, megs jenkins, gordon jackson and anne crawford, was written and directed by sidney gilliat and frank launder. The character of celia is a little bit unlikable and overdramatic in the beginning. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep.
We tend to see the second world war as a mans war, featuring spitfire crews and brave deeds on the normandy beaches. Millions like us 1943 is not necessarily like that in many ways. From the swedish film institute comes vilgot sjomans controversial look at 1960s counterculture, i am curious yellow 1967, and from the national film and sound archive of australia we present frank launder and sidney gilliats millions like us 1943, a wry, poignant depiction of life on the home front in wartime britain. The library of congress may or may not own a copy of a particular film or. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Patricia roc plays a worker in a defense plant who lives in an allfemale rooming house. How british film celebrated the role of women during the.
February 20 american film studio executives agree to allow the office of war information to censor films. When celia crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamor job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. As millions like us 1943 begins, the words and millions like you appear, confidently addressing a mass wartime audience at a time of unprecedented national solidarity. In the 1930s he worked as a scriptwriter, most notably with frank launder on the lady vanishes 1938 for alfred hitchcock, and its sequel night train to munich 1940, directed by carol reed. The best movies of 1943 picked by critics and filmmakers and sorted by rank. Millions like us, movie, 1943 pictures provided by. According to the british film institute database, this film is the first in an. Nov 25, 2017 millions like us 1943 with anne crawford hoc duration. According to the british film institute database, this film is the first in an unofficial trilogy, along with two thousand. Millions like us manufactured on demand on movies unlimited. Well written and directed the film has a simple story line based around the many women conscripted into industrial factory work in support of the home front war effort. I wish the pace was slightly quicker throughout, but i still enjoyed the film for the most part. The crowson family father jim, mother elsie, daughters phyllis and celia, son tom visit the same seaside boarding house where they spend every summer and are warmly welcomed by the landlady. The character also appeared in the 1966 film batman, which was a feature film adaptation of the 1960s batman tv series.
Millions like us 1943, digitally remastered 2015 edition. Her brother tom has been called up into the army service and is away. Millions like us 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. What happened in 1943 major news stories include allied forces take back north africa, italy surrenders to allied forces, dambuster raids on german dams, warsaw jewish ghetto uprising, us general dwight d. Films of the united states, 1943 wikimedia commons. It is essentially a sort of moraleboosting propaganda film, highlighting the contributions of everyday women from throughout the uk, from all walks of life and social classes, who were called up and put to work serving the war industries. During world war ii, young celia is separated from her family when she is called up to work in an aircraft components factory, but finds love in the arms of an raf pilot. The year 1943 in film featured various significant events for the film industry. Millions like us 1943 millions like us focuses on celia crowson patricia roc, the putupon housekeeper of her father, sister and sisterinlaw who is called up to work in a factory during the war. An opening montage reminds us of british life before the war. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic us canada theatrical release. January 3 first missing persons telecast nyc february 20 american film studio executives agree to allow the united states office of war information to censor films november 23 british forces broadcasting service begins operation december 31 new york citys times square greets frank sinatra at paramount theater. Shy and sheltered, roc loses some of her inhibitions when she falls in love with an airman gordon jackson. Every year, hundreds of thousands of people make pilgrimages across town or around the world to the grand ole opry to see the show live.
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