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Sergeant York
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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Jan 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Sergeant York, the highest-grossing movie of 1941, opened in American theaters in July and was still playing after the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7. A biographical film starring Gary Cooper as the WWI hero Alvin York, it would receive 11 Oscar nominations and win two. Young men went directly from watching the movie in theaters to the enlistment offices, to sign up for the war that had just come to America. And the hero who inspired them to join the fight was a man of peace.
Released:
Jan 19, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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