{"id":45020,"date":"2019-10-07T09:54:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T16:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45020"},"modified":"2021-01-24T13:47:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:47:32","slug":"purple-heart-the-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45020","title":{"rendered":"Purple Heart, The (1944)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They claim we bombed and machine-gunned civilians, and are not entitled to be considered prisoners of war!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Poster-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-45025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Poster-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Poster-128x99.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Poster-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Poster-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Poster.jpg 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA group of bomber pilots led by Captain Ross (Dana Andrews) is captured by the Japanese during World War II and put on civilian trial for murder, while international journalists are invited to watch. Will Andrews and his loyal compatriots &#8212; Lt. Canelli (Richard Conte), Sgt. Clinton (Farley Granger), Lt. Greenbaum (Sam Levene), Lt. Vincent (Donald Berry), Lt. Bayforth (Charles Russell), Lt. Stoner (John Craven), and Lt. Skvoznik (Kevin O&#8217;Shea) &#8212; make it through torture and interrogation without breaking?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dana Andrews Films<\/li>\n<li>Farley Granger Films<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Milestone Films<\/li>\n<li>Prisoners of War<\/li>\n<li>Richard Conte Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis fictional depiction of a &#8220;show trial&#8221; following the United States&#8217; 1942 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doolittle_Raid\">Doolittle Raid of Tokyo<\/a> is a rare film that <u>must<\/u> be viewed within its historical context in order to be understood and appropriately evaluated. Film fanatics not closely familiar with the aftermath of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 should do a bit of reading, and watch this movie with the understanding that it&#8217;s pure propaganda. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2280purp.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> writes, the film is accurate in showing that &#8220;none of the American prisoners broke under pressure&#8221;, but &#8220;many details seem unlikely&#8221; &#8212; and given that &#8220;the film depicts the Japanese as verminous sub-humans&#8221;, it&#8217;s problematic at best and should be viewed with extreme caution. With that said, audiences at the time did watch this film (the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1944\/03\/09\/archives\/the-screen.html\">New York Times<\/a> referred to it as &#8220;honest and thoroughly consistent with American character&#8221;); it&#8217;s fully understandable Americans were uneasy about &#8220;the wartime actions of the Japanese military government&#8221;, which &#8220;ignored the Geneva Convention&#8221; and considered the Doolittle Raid &#8220;an act of murder and terror unrelated to their own sneak attack on Pearl Harbor&#8221;. In terms of aesthetics and style, the movie is atmospherically filmed, showing a stylized vision of Americans boldly standing up to their enemies, choosing death and torture over betrayal of their country.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still-1024x735.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still-1024x735.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still-128x92.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still-768x551.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still.png 1511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still2-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-45023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still2-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still2-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Purple-Heart-Still2.png 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes &#8212; but simply for its historical notoriety. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0037197\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1944\/03\/09\/archives\/the-screen.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2280purp.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They claim we bombed and machine-gunned civilians, and are not entitled to be considered prisoners of war!&#8221; Synopsis: A group of bomber pilots led by Captain Ross (Dana Andrews) is captured by the Japanese during World War II and put on civilian trial for murder, while international journalists are invited to watch. Will Andrews and his loyal compatriots &#8212; Lt. Canelli (Richard Conte), Sgt. Clinton (Farley Granger), Lt. Greenbaum (Sam Levene), Lt. Vincent (Donald Berry), Lt. Bayforth (Charles Russell), Lt&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45020\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45020"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65629,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45020\/revisions\/65629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}