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1942: War Rumors - part II

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2008-01-07 13:54:55 by Thom in Film of the Year
...Blabbermouth (1942 Directed by: Basil Wrangell 19 min.; U.S.A.; Black and White; Mono Note: this is second half of a two part post. The first part explores some of the background of government short films programs during World War II, and why I'm looking at a didactic short this week As the home port of the Pacific Fleet and the site of...
 
Tags: war, world war, world, rumors, blabbermouth, banzai blabbermouth, director basil wrangell, basil wrangell, dispel blabbermouth
 
 
 
 
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Margot at the Wedding

2007-12-01 19:04:09 by Raph in Lucid Screening - A Film Blog
 
...blabbermouth, a bit of a pothead, and a terrible mother to her adolescent son Claude (Zane Pais). The wedding in question is for Margots sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh, whos married to Baumbach in real life), and Malcolm, a lackluster failing musician named played by Jack Black. Margot and Claude visit the soon-to-be-couple a few days...
 
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1942: War Rumors - part I

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2008-01-07 13:52:51 by Thom in Film of the Year
...Blabbermouth (1942), under the microscope to see how it uses cinematic techniques to teach the audience about an issue deemed vital to winning the war For easier blog-style reading I'll divide this post into two parts. In Part II we'll examine how the film instructs as well as entertains, but first we'll establish some historical context in...
 
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Notes from the Bunker

2008-03-02 11:26:55 by Thom in Film of the Year
 
...Blabbermouth (1942) an example of pedagogical short films produced by the studios and distributed through the War Activities Committee for the Bureau of Motion Pictures of The Office of War Information to movie theaters nationwide to keep the public informed about the war. Not as overbearingly didactic as some of the films produced by the...
 
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