Research Catalog

Title

Stars in khaki : movie actors in the Army and the air services / James E. Wise, Jr. and Paul W. Wilderson III.

Author

Wise, James E., Jr., 1930-2013.

Publication

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Wilderson, Paul W., 1943-

Description

x, 241 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• "This book is filled with celebrity profiles of motion picture stars who served in the U.S. Army and air services from World War I through the Vietnam War. Many readers will discover for the first time details of the contributions made by Audie Murphy, Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart, and many others. Most remarkable is the large number of celebrities who chose to serve their country in a military capacity - especially during World War II - instead of continuing their lives of luxury in Hollywood."
• "Readers can find out about Ronald Reagan producing training films for pilots as an officer in the Army Air Corps Reserve, Sgt. Elvis Presley's expertise in jeep maintenance, and how Clark Gable almost became a casualty while flying on a bombing mission over Germany. Rarely have the lives of movie stars been so honestly portrayed and with such interesting anecdotes and photographs of their military experiences. Encyclopedic in scope, these portraits draw on interviews with the stars and their families, and on official reports and documents to assure authenticity.
• Even the most avid movie buff will be surprised and delighted by the little-known facts presented here, and military buffs and historians will be impressed by the often difficult and sometimes dangerous work of these celebrities."--Jacket.

Subject

• Actors as soldiers
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography
• Motion picture actors and actresses
• Filmschauspieler
• Soldat
• Kriegsfilm
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-234) and index.

Contents

Tony Bennett -- Neville Brand -- Art Carney -- Jackie Coogan -- Charles Durning -- Clark Cable -- James Garner -- Tim Holt -- Audie Murphy -- Bert Parks -- Sabu -- Jimmy Stewart -- Jack Warden -- William A. Wellman -- Gene Autry -- Sammy Davis, Jr. -- Melvyn Douglas -- Clint Eastwood -- Charlton Heston -- William Holden -- Burt Lancaster -- Glenn Miller -- Elvis Presley -- Ronald Reagan -- Mickey Rooney -- Martha Raye.

ISBN

• 1557509581
• 9781557509581

LCCN

00030572

OCLC

• ocm43953932
• 43953932
• SCSB-1145144

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library