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As a child Steven Spielberg was moved by the love story in this war film so much he based his film"Always"on a similar concept.However we are reviewing this film and it has a very major flaw.Released in 1943 and running a long 120 minutes,the war follows the German conflict and we had seen on December 7th 1941 just what Japanese aircraft carriers could do and later in 1942 we used them to attack Tokyo in the" Dolittle "raid, so I can forgive the writers at the time,believing the Germans also had carriers.However thats why this film has problems "standing up"over time,the Germans had no carriers.Thats the reason I had to take 2 stars off,and b&w and length.The cast is "a"list for that era headed by Spencer Tracy.Its also a "fantasy"film because there was the horror of a second world war in 25 years and this film played to the "afterlife"as a refuge for the times.Corny today perhaps and maybe thats why I didn't care for "Always"but it fits in times of world stress.Be warned,its not on DVD to my knowledge but I had the VHS tape:)Trailer URL below the pix and a IMDB summary below.
A sentimental, patriotic (if not propagandistic) Hollywood fantasy about a dead World War II bomber pilot, Maj. Pete Sandidge who becomes guardian angel to another pilot, Capt. Ted Randall, guiding Randall through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory. Written by Lew Amack (LAlawMedMBA@aol.com)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRKRb7qjCus
A sentimental, patriotic (if not propagandistic) Hollywood fantasy about a dead World War II bomber pilot, Maj. Pete Sandidge who becomes guardian angel to another pilot, Capt. Ted Randall, guiding Randall through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory. Written by Lew Amack (LAlawMedMBA@aol.com)
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