Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures. 1942 - 1945. SKIRMISH ON THE HOME FRONT

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Records of the Office of War Information. 1926 - 1951. Propaganda, Information, and Documentary Motion Pictures. 1942 - 1945. SKIRMISH ON THE HOME FRONT

1943

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On citizens' responsibilities in preventing inflation. Reel 1 dramatizes a family's choice to prevent inflation. Mr. and Mrs. Average (Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton) refuse to buy a house with their war bonds. Mr. and Mrs. Miller (William Bendix, Susan Hayward) ridicule them and buy the house. A speaker compares cost of living figures and explains that war requires reduced civilian spending. Reel 2, Mr. and Mrs. Average, in 1948, show their modern, post-war home to the envious Millers. Revolutionary devices include a glass refrigerator, adjustable lights, a multi-purpose kitchen stove, etc.

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Ladd, Alan, 1913-1964

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Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns, such as Shane (1953) and in films noir. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in noirish films, such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942), and The Blue Dahlia (1946). His other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast (1946), Whispering Smith (1948), which was his first Weste...

Hutton, Betty

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