41: Star Wars Episode XIV: Frank Sinatra Through 1945

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42: Star Wars Episode XV: Why John Wayne Didn’t Sign Up

No actor on movie screens in the 1940s embodied American patriotism and unpretentious masculinity better than John Wayne. But Wayne didn’t have the defining experience of most adult American men of the 1940s — Wayne didn’t enlist to serve in World War II. To learn more about list ...  Show more

43: Star Wars Episode XVI: Van Johnson

Van Johnson was MGM’s big, all-American heartthrob during World War II, an one of the most reliably bankable stars in Hollywood, on and off, for over a decade. Off-screen, he was an introvert with a mysterious personal life. To learn more about listener data and our privacy pract ...  Show more

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