International Stars at War: Movie Actors in Service to Their Countries - Hardcover

Jr., James E. Wise; Baron, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557509654 ISBN 13: 9781557509659

Verlag: Naval Institute Press, 2002

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Book by James E Wise Scott Baron

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Reseña del editor

The last in a popular series on movie stars in the military, this handsome book provides readers with a guide to film actors of many nations who served in various branches of their own military forces. Because they appeared in Hollywood movies, many of these figures will be familiar to Americans.A few even won Oscars. Others worked closer to home but are still readily recognizable. Most of them date their service to World War II, and the preponderance is British. Among the more than sixty stars featured are the British actors Richard Attenborough, Richard Burton, Michael Caine, Royal Navy gunner Sean Connery, Alex Guinness, Rex Harrison, Anthony Hopkins (who spent a year with the Royal Artillery during the Cold War), Ray Milland, Roger Moore (a first lieutenant with the Royal Army in occupied West Germany after World War II), David Niven, Michael Rennie, and Peter Ustinov. Those from Canada include Lorne Greene, Raymond Massey, and Walter Pidgeon. The Frenchmen include Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer. Also featured are Laurence Harvey of South Africa, Peter Finch of Australia, Oskar Werner of Germany, Toshiro Mifune of Japan, and Audrey Hepburn, who as a child was a courier for World War II resistance fighters in Holland.While the book focuses on the stars' military experiences, it also provides information about their earlier lives and screen careers after their service. Like the other books in the series, it will have wide appeal.

Biografía del autor

James E. Wise Jr., a retired captain in the U.S. Navy, who served as a naval aviator, is the coauthor of several books, including Stars in Khaki, Stars in Blue, and Stars in the Corps.Scott Baron is the author of They Also Served and a contributing writer for Stars and Stripes.

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• Verlag: Naval Institute Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1557509654
• ISBN 13: 9781557509659
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264