Wake Island : To hell and back ; Battle Hymn ; Gray lady down
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Benbrook Public Library - DVDDVD WAKOn Shelf
Haltom City Public Library - DVDDVD WAK WAROn Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Fighter pilots -- United States -- Drama.
Life change events -- Drama.
Murphy, Audie, -- 1924-1971 -- Drama.
Murphy, Audie, -- 1924-1971 -- Film adaptations.
Orphans -- Drama.
Submarine disasters -- Drama.
Submarines (Ships) -- Drama.
Wake Island, Battle of, Wake Island, 1941 -- Drama.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.

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English
UPC
025192099939

Notes

General Note
To hell and back based on Audie Murphy's autobiography To hell and back.
General Note
Wake Island originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
General Note
To hell and back originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
General Note
Battle Hymn originally released as a motion picture in 1957.
General Note
Gray lady down originally released as a motion picture in 1977.
Creation/Production Credits
Wake Island: director, John Farrow ; screenplay, W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler.
Creation/Production Credits
To hell and back: director, Jesse Hibbs, screenplay, Gil Doud ; producer, Aaron Rosenberg.
Creation/Production Credits
Battle Hymn: writers, Charles Grayson, Vincent B. Evans ; producer, Ross Hunter ; director, Douglas Sirk.
Creation/Production Credits
Gray lady down: screenplay, James Whittaker, Howard Sackler ; adaption, Frank P. Rosenberg ; music, Jerry Fielding ; director, David Greene ; produced by Walter Mirisch.
Participants/Performers
Wake Island: Brian Donley, MacDonald Carey, Robert Preston, Albert Dekker, William Bendix, Walter Abel.
Participants/Performers
To hell and back: Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Gregg Palmer, Jack Kelly, Paul Picerni, Susan Kohner.
Participants/Performers
Battle Hymn: Martha Hyer, Dan Duryea, Don Defore, Anna Kashfi, Jock Mahoney, Carl Benton Reid.
Participants/Performers
Gray lady down: Charlton Heston, Stacy Keach, David Carradine, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Stephen McHattie, Rosemary Forsyth.
Description
Wake Island: A handful of U. S. Marines holdout against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
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To hell and back: The true story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U. S. history.
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Battle Hymn: As a WWII fighter pilot Colonel Dean Hess accidentally bombed a German orphanage, killing thirty-seven children. After entering the ministry to atone for the tragedy, Hess eventually rejoins the Air Force to train pilots in South Korea, while devoting his spare time to building a shelter for orphans. But now, to protect these children in a territory fraught with danger, he must fight and face the past once again.
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Gray lady down: A hard-bitten captain making his last voyage in command of the U.S.S. Neptune, a nuclear submarine that is sunk in a collision with a Norwegian freighter. The only hope for the forty-one men trapped 1450 feet down is a pair of maverick inventors racing to clear the blocked escape hatch with an experimental submersible.
Target Audience
Wake Island: Not rated.
Target Audience
To hell and back: Not rated.
Target Audience
Battle Hymn: Not rated.
Target Audience
Gray lady down: Rated PG.
System Details
DVD ; Dolby digital 2.0 mono., region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation (To hell and back, Battle Hymn, Gray lady down) and full screen (1.33:1) presentation (Wake Island).
Language
Closed-captioned.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Farrow, J., Burnett, W. R. 1., Butler, F., Donlevy, B., Carey, M., Preston, R., Dekker, A., Bendix, W., Abel, W., Hibbs, J., Doud, G., Rosenberg, A., Murphy, A., Thompson, M., Drake, C., Kelly, J., Palmer, G., Hunter, R., Sirk, D., Grayson, C., Evans, V., Hudson, R., Hyer, M., Duryea, D., Defore, D., Brando, A. K., Greene, D., Mirisch, W., Heston, C., Keach, S., Carradine, D., Beatty, N., & Cox, R. (2011). Wake Island: To hell and back ; Battle Hymn ; Gray lady down . Universal Studios.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John Farrow et al.. 2011. Wake Island: To Hell and Back ; Battle Hymn ; Gray Lady Down. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

John Farrow et al.. Wake Island: To Hell and Back ; Battle Hymn ; Gray Lady Down Universal City, CA: Universal Studios, 2011.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Farrow, J., Burnett, W. R. 1., Butler, F., Donlevy, B., Carey, M., Preston, R. and Dekker, A. et al (2011). Wake island: to hell and back ; battle hymn ; gray lady down. Universal City, CA: Universal Studios.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Farrow, John, et al. Wake Island: To Hell and Back ; Battle Hymn ; Gray Lady Down Universal Studios, 2011.

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