patriotism propaganda Desperate Journey Mrs. Miniver Forever and a Day Objective, Burma! Watch on the Rhine Dashiell Hammett Shadow of a Doubt Thornton Wilder George M. Cohan biopic Yankee Doodle Dandy James Cagney Casablanca Humphrey Bogart John Huston The Maltese Falcon film noir RKO Pictures Citizen Kane Orson Welles M film
The onset of US involvement in World War II also brought a proliferation of films as both patriotism and propaganda. American propaganda films included Desperate Journey (1942), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Forever and a Day (1943) and Objective, Burma! (1945). Notable American films from the war years include the anti-Nazi Watch on the Rhine (1943), scripted by Dashiell Hammett; Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Hitchcock's direction of a script by Thornton Wilder; the George M. Cohan biopic, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), starring James Cagney, and the immensely popular Casablanca, with Humphrey Bogart. Bogart would star in 36 films between 1934 and 1942 including John Huston's The Maltese Falcon (1941), one of the first films now considered a classic film noir. In 1941, RKO Pictures released Citizen Kane made by Orson Welles. It is often considered the greatest film of all time. It would set the stage for the modern motion picture, as it revolutionized film story telling.
