{"id":74202,"date":"2021-07-22T15:39:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T22:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74202"},"modified":"2021-07-22T19:54:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T02:54:46","slug":"days-of-glory-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74202","title":{"rendered":"Days of Glory (1944)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;My congratulations for the death of two fascists. Now you will set the table, please.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Poster-199x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-74203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Poster-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Poster.png 519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen the leader (Gregory Peck) of a group of Soviet partisans during WWII falls in love with a famous ballerina (Tamara Toumanova) who has accidentally stumbled onto their group, his comrades worry he may get distracted from his cause;  but Vladimir (Peck), Nina (Toumanova), and the other members of their team &#8212; including Semyon (Lowell Gilmore), Yelena (Maria Palmer), Fedor (Hugo Haas), and young siblings Olga (Dena Penn) and Mitya (Glen Vernon) &#8212; demonstrate nothing but loyalty and determination in their goals.\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>Gregory Peck Films<\/li>\n<li>Hugo Haas Films<\/li>\n<li>Jacques Tourneur Films<\/li>\n<li>Revolutionaries<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAlong with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=73130\"><em>Mission to Moscow<\/em> (1943)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=41218\"><em>The North Star<\/em> (1943)<\/a>, this Jacques Tourneur-directed film was made specifically to enhance American support for an alliance with the Soviet Union in our collective fight against fascism. It&#8217;s notable for featuring young, handsome Gregory Peck in his cinematic debut: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck-1024x691.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck-1024x691.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck-128x86.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck-768x518.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck-400x270.png 400w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Peck.png 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and also Czech-born, soon-to-be-writer-director Hugo Haas in his first Hollywood appearance: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Haas.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s otherwise simply pure propaganda, with plenty of pulpy romance, honorable sacrifice, and hoary dialogue: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-I-Tried-to-Remember.png 1371w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I try to remember when I didn&#8217;t know you; I can&#8217;t.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Only film fanatics with an interest in the super-brief era of Soviet-allied Hollywood cinema need to bother checking this one out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tony Gaudio&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Cinematography2.png 1409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Days-of-Glory-Window.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, unless you&#8217;re curious. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0036748\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1944\/06\/17\/archives\/days-of-glory-starring-tamara-toumanova-and-gregory-peck-at-palace.html\">NY Times Original Review (SPOILERS ALERT) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/1874\/days-of-glory#articles-reviews?articleId=87956\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/days-of-glory\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My congratulations for the death of two fascists. Now you will set the table, please.&#8221; Synopsis: When the leader (Gregory Peck) of a group of Soviet partisans during WWII falls in love with a famous ballerina (Tamara Toumanova) who has accidentally stumbled onto their group, his comrades worry he may get distracted from his cause; but Vladimir (Peck), Nina (Toumanova), and the other members of their team &#8212; including Semyon (Lowell Gilmore), Yelena (Maria Palmer), Fedor (Hugo Haas), and young&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74202\"> 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-74202","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\/74202","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=74202"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74246,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74202\/revisions\/74246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}