Jack London (1943) SUSAN HAYWARD

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Stars: Michael O’Shea, Susan Hayward, Osa Massen
Director: Alfred Santell
Writers: Charmian London (book), Ernest Pascal (screenplay)

Episodes in the adventurous life of the American novelist, Jack London (1876-1916).

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  4. No question about the extreme brutality of the Japanese in the early 20th century, but this is bizarre in the simplistic way they are depicted, as with the slopping of the caviar. There is no denying the Rape of Nanking enslavement of Comfort women, from Korea to Indochina, and the extreme ruthlessness and cruelty imparted to prisoners of war, and subject populations including starvation forced labor, medical experimentation and tortures of many kinds done to literally millions of people across Asia.

    The simplicity of movies from the 40s was amazing to demonstrate the level of ignorance of the American population at the time concerning cultures outside of our own. It was a brutal war after all. That ignorance, and racism seems to have persisted through today, and why we find ourselves embroiled in war constantly. It is appalling to see the United States brought so low, as to engage in torture.That was suppose to be what separated us from animal sociopaths. Then along came the George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld mentality to bring us down to that level of psychopathy, and depravity to no good end. We will be paying for that mistake for generations.

    I wonder how many kids today know this story, or Jack London who's books I devoured as a 10-12 year old, White Fang, Call Of The Wild, John Barleycorn, The Sea Wolf, South Sea Tales. Pure magic to a 12 year old. Let's hope we can transform our society to maturity the way the Japanese have, without being blown to smithereens. A woman, or a child can walk the streets of Tokyo at 1:00 am, and not fear for their safety, except under the rarest of circumstances. Crime is impolite.Old movies are weird, but they can teach you a lot, about life, about propaganda, about our country, and "when taken in context with real academic study" can add to your knowledge of history.We owe the preservationists a lot.

  5. This is incredibly non-historical in it's telling. Many key parts of Jack's life are not included: like the marriage to his first wife, Bess, and the two daughters they had. Jack had actually met Charmian before he married Bess. Jack was introduced to Charmian by her aunt, Netta, when Netta was going to publish Jack's first novel of short stories, soon after he returned from the Klondike. Would have been nice if there was story telling about Jack and Charmian's trip aboard "The Snark". I could go on…… 🙂 Please check out the Jack London Foundation in Glen Ellen, California, or check out "Jack & Charmian London" on Amazon Kindle.

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