Men of the Sky (1942, B. Reeves Eason)

The Stop Button Posted by on Oct 30, 2012

Men of the Sky opens with General Henry H. Arnold addressing a graduating class of air cadets. Charles P. Boyle’s Technicolor photography is glorious and Harold McKernon’s editing is outstanding and Sky feels like an almost too precious time capsule. Only then the realism shatters when read more

Soldiers in White (1942, B. Reeves Eason)

The Stop Button Posted by on Sep 29, 2011

Everett Dodd’s editing makes Soldiers in White painful to watch. Some of the fault is director Eason’s, of course. His insert close-ups are awful. Given Soldiers is half comedy and half Army propaganda film (the titular soldiers are Army doctors), it’s hard to believe Eason was worried about runnin read more