{"id":74638,"date":"2021-07-31T21:49:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T04:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74638"},"modified":"2021-08-01T10:24:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-01T17:24:50","slug":"story-of-g-i-joe-the-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74638","title":{"rendered":"Story of G.I. Joe, The (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He&#8217;s over 38 &#8212; he don&#8217;t need to be here!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-74639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Poster-675x1024.png 675w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Poster.png 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\n42-year-old journalist Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith) follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/us\/dictionary\/english\/doughfoot\">&#8220;doughfoot&#8221;<\/a> members of an infantry unit fighting in Tunisia and Italy during WWII &#8212; including the lieutenant (Robert Mitchum) who first allows him to tag along; a tall private (John R. Reilly) who marries his Army-nurse fiancee (Dorothy Coonan Wellman) during a brief stop; a woman-obsessed Italian-American from Brooklyn (Wally Cassell); and a sergeant (Freddie Steele) desperately trying to find a record player in order to hear his young son speak for the first time.\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>Burgess Meredith Films<\/li>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Robert Mitchum Films<\/li>\n<li>Soldiers<\/li>\n<li>William Wellman Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nWilliam Wellman directed this powerful depiction of life on the ground for infantrymen during World War II, as captured and portrayed by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ernie_Pyle\">war correspondent Ernie Pyle<\/a> (who, tragically, died by enemy fire in Japan before the film&#8217;s release). It&#8217;s notable for featuring Robert Mitchum in an Academy Award-nominated breakthrough role: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and for casting 150 paid, real-life infantrymen who were about to be shipped back out to the Pacific: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Soldiers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Soldiers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Soldiers.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Soldiers-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Soldiers-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Soldiers-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wellman&#8217;s sure directorial hand &#8212; assisted by DP Russell Metty &#8212; is in evidence throughout, and thankfully we don&#8217;t seem to be given a sugar-coated version of the unit&#8217;s harsh existence. There is a cute dog that hops on board near the beginning of the film: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Puppy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Puppy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Puppy.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Puppy-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Puppy-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Puppy-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but he primarily serves to remind us how many simple pleasures and comforts these boys have left behind. Some sections feel slow and deliberate &#8212; but that&#8217;s likely precisely the point, given that plenty of interminable wait time was always intermingled with fear, high-octane fighting, and loss of compatriots. Be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/91522\/the-story-of-g-i-joe#articles-reviews?articleId=375\">TCM&#8217;s article<\/a> for a detailed overview of the film&#8217;s production and reception, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenedscottarchive.com\/hollywood\/films\/story-of-g-i-joe.html\">this page<\/a> for additional info as well as numerous photos of Ernie Pyle himself on the set of the film &#8212; including several of him standing side-by-side with Meredith.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Mitchum as Lt. Walker<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum2-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Burgess Meredith as Ernie Pyle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Pyle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Pyle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Pyle.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Pyle-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Pyle-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Pyle-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Russell Metty&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-Meredith.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-Meredith.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-Meredith.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-Meredith-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-Meredith-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Mitchum-Meredith-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography2.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography2-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography2-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Story-of-GI-Joe-Cinematography-405x270.png 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical significance in honoring such a beloved journalist and the brave men he shadowed. Listed as a film with Historical Importance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/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\/tt0038120\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/91522\/the-story-of-g-i-joe#articles-reviews?articleId=375\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=7012&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-story-of-g-i-joe\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s over 38 &#8212; he don&#8217;t need to be here!&#8221; Synopsis: 42-year-old journalist Ernie Pyle (Burgess Meredith) follows &#8220;doughfoot&#8221; members of an infantry unit fighting in Tunisia and Italy during WWII &#8212; including the lieutenant (Robert Mitchum) who first allows him to tag along; a tall private (John R. Reilly) who marries his Army-nurse fiancee (Dorothy Coonan Wellman) during a brief stop; a woman-obsessed Italian-American from Brooklyn (Wally Cassell); and a sergeant (Freddie Steele) desperately trying to find a record&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74638\"> 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-74638","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\/74638","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=74638"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74664,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74638\/revisions\/74664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}