Three Faces West

Three Faces West
Three Faces West
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Directed by	Bernard Vorhaus
Written by	F. Hugh Herbert; Joseph Moncure March; Samuel Ornitz
Produced by	Sol C. Siegel
Starring	John Wayne; Sigrid Gurie; Charles Coburn
Cinematography	John Alton
Edited by	William Morgan
Music by	Victor Young
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	July 3, 1940;
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Three Faces West is a 1940 American drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie and Charles Coburn.^[1]

The film, mainly set in North Dakota was one of a handful of overtly anti-Nazi films produced by Hollywood before American entry into World War II.^[2] Isolationists and Nazi sympathizers condemned other Hollywood movies for being pro-British "propaganda" or for "glorifying war", however Three Faces West was deliberately crafted to celebrate the pioneer spirit of America, and the determination of Americans to survive the dust bowl, and contrasted these values with the evils of Nazism, thus preventing isolationists and Nazi sympathizers from being able to criticize the film as they had criticized other anti-Nazi films during this period.^[3]

Writing in the Journal of Austrian-American History, Jacqueline Vansant has argued that the film "takes a bold stand on contemporary issues through its Austrian-American romance."^[4]

^ "Three Faces West (1940)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Retrieved February 1, 2016. ^{[dead link]}
^ Hollywood Modernism: Film and Politics in the Age of the New Deal By Saverio Giovacchini pg. 123
^ Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II by Michael S Shull pg. 36
^ Vansant, Jacqueline (2017). "Austrian and Dustbowl Refugees Unite in Three Faces West (1940)". Journal of Austrian-American History. 1 (1): 98–116. doi:10.5325/jaustamerhist.1.1.0098. ISSN 2475-0905. JSTOR 10.5325/jaustamerhist.1.1.0098.

[NYTimes-1] "Three Faces West (1940)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Retrieved February 1, 2016. ^{[dead link]}

[2] Hollywood Modernism: Film and Politics in the Age of the New Deal By Saverio Giovacchini pg. 123

[3] Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945: An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II by Michael S Shull pg. 36

[4] Vansant, Jacqueline (2017). "Austrian and Dustbowl Refugees Unite in Three Faces West (1940)". Journal of Austrian-American History. 1 (1): 98–116. doi:10.5325/jaustamerhist.1.1.0098. ISSN 2475-0905. JSTOR 10.5325/jaustamerhist.1.1.0098.

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