I had a great uncle who basically won the lottery--he was stationed in Bermuda during the war.
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Somehow I always forget that Walter's daughter is Erika Slezak from One Life to Live.
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George? Better than Charcoal. Still it just shows Rit knows the train porters,

Calling him by his right name Joe is a step up.

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Hitch!
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For your enjoyment, here's a young Walter Slezak.
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"Charcoal" OK, #Lifeboat has some flaws.

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"Yes, if you shoot a torpedo, the boat was shot!!!"
#MarioCantone
And I bet Tallulah might even agree. 😁
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Here's the OWI's manual--I haven't been able to find the script review online (I'll post if I find it).
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web.archive.org/web/20130328...

The OWI found that (at least in an early draft) the Allies were selfish opportunists, too passive, or didn't understand the war...
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The script review found that main German character in the film was too strong compared to the Allied characters and that the latter group directly/indirectly harmed the war effort...
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#Lifeboat One of my first Hitchcock films. After #TheBirds maybe. Loved it and Tallulah!

Watch for the cameo!!

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I found a book that mentioned the OWI's 1942 Government Information Manual for the Motion Picture Industry. I ended up focusing on this document and the OWI's later script review for... #Lifeboat #CreepyCinema #TCMParty

Reposting from the old site (in 2024): During my last semester of college (1996), I took a class on the rhetoric of war and peace. We were given an open assignment for the class to find a government document and analyze it in the context of our class readings...
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I was going to watch the 1931 Frankenstein because I’m seeing Bride of Frankenstein for the first time on Saturday, but I haven’t seen #Lifeboat in forever! #tcmparty #creepycinema

Here for the second half of #CreepyCinema. Early shift tomorrow be damned! #Lifeboat #TCMParty

It feels a little like Bree in Klute is a Gloria who survived... still frail underneath the surface, but a little wiser, a little tougher, and a little more experienced in how to survive.
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do not understand classifying "Lifeboat" as Creepy Cinema.
Oh well
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Pollack has been gradually draining the color from this movie till it's nearly gone. And then it's back for that one final phony shot. #TCMParty #CreepyCinema #TheyShootHorsesDontThey

Uh, about that...😬
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And now Gloria and Robert learn another hard truth.
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