Home of the Brave (1949) | |
| Director(s) | Mark Robson |
| Producer(s) | Stanley Kramer, Robert Stillman (associate) |
| Top Genres | Drama, War |
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Home of the Brave (1949) was a Drama - War Film directed by Mark Robson and produced by Stanley Kramer and Robert Stillman.
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The African-American character in this film was originally a Jewish character in the original source play by Arthur Laurents. The 'Variety' review for this film noted that the change was due to the anti-semitism theme being close to having been overdone in films.
According to the Australian video-cassette release sleeve notes of this movie, scriptwriter "Carl Foreman changed the Jew of the play to an African-American to avoid clashing with two previously released films on the same subject - "Gentleman's Agreement" and "Crossfire" See: Gentleman's Agreement and Crossfire.
The 28 February 1949 edition of 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated that filming locations for this movie included shooting at such Californian locales as the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles and Malibu whilst real combat footage of fighting in the Pacific from the US Government would also be used for the film.
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According to the Australian video-cassette release sleeve notes of this movie, scriptwriter "Carl Foreman changed the Jew of the play to an African-American to avoid clashing with two previously released films on the same subject - "Gentleman's Agreement" and "Crossfire" See: Gentleman's Agreement and Crossfire.
The 28 February 1949 edition of 'The Hollywood Reporter' stated that filming locations for this movie included shooting at such Californian locales as the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles and Malibu whilst real combat footage of fighting in the Pacific from the US Government would also be used for the film.
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