Jennifer Whittredge
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3 days ago · In Our Time - Monet in England. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why the French impressionist Claude Monet painted the foggy Thames in central London more often than water lilies, haystacks or...
2 days ago · In 1940, this artistic foresight was exemplified by the motion picture industry. Before the advent of television or the internet, people sought escapism in movie theaters, immersing themselves in captivating stories on screen. In pre-World War II America, three films painted a vision of the world on the brink of transformation.
5 days ago · In Hollywood's War with Poland, 1939-1945, M. B. B. Biskupski draws on a close study of prewar and wartime films such as To Be or Not to Be (1942), In Our Time (1944), and None Shall Escape (1944). He researched memoirs, letters, diaries, and memoranda written by screenwriters, directors, studio heads, and actors to explore the negative ...
2 days ago · Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the woman who, for almost fifty years, was the most powerful figure in the Chinese court. Cixi (1835-1908) started out at court as one of the Emperor's many concubines, yet was the only one who gave him a son to succeed him and who also possessed great political ski…. 00:50:02.
2 days ago · Colonel Frank Capra (right) of the US Army Signal Corps confers with Captain Roy Boulting of the British Army Film Unit on the editing of the film Tunisian Victory in February 1944. Many war films have been produced with the cooperation of a nation's military forces.
3 days ago · This list of the greatest movies about WWII Japan goes beyond the top 10 Japanese war movies and includes everything from Empire of the Sun to Grave of the Fireflies to Midway. What films will you find on this list of the best movies about WW2 Japan?
2 days ago · This is his fourth book about the Second World War – "Barbarossa", his last, was about Hitler's attempt to invade Russia in 1941 – and it's "his best yet". Launched in June 1944, two weeks ...
