ABSTRACT
The war—that versatile, all-purpose dramatic device, capable of initiating any action in a variety of infinitely exotic backgrounds— fulfilled Hollywood’s fondest dreams. In the movie makers’ ceaseless quest for variety and spectacle, the war was a godsend. The studios quickly grafted the war upon their traditional formula pictures: gangster stories, screwball comedies, frothy musicals. Even Tarzan, isolated in his jungle fastness, enlisted for the Allies. (Koppes and Black, Hollywood 61)
