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'''Artist:''' James Jones, author; Fred Zinnemann, film producer
'''Artist:''' James Jones, author; Fred Zinnemann, film director




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Revision as of 17:53, 21 November 2011

Date: 1951 - 1975

Region: North America

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Film Video


Artist: James Jones, author; Fred Zinnemann, film director


Confronting Bodies: The 1950s film censors, the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthyites


Dates of Action: 1950s


Location: United States


Description of Artwork: James Jones's novel, turned into a film by Fred Zinnemann, "From Here to Eternity," portray's the U.S. Army in Hawaii on the eve of World War II. The film is best known for it's scene where Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster are embracing on a Hawaiian beach.

The Incident: Several scenes were removed from Jones's narrative and Zinnemann's production. One which included a brothel, was turned into a club where soldiers merely drank and danced with women. In another more significant alteration, the 8-year-old son of Kerr's character was removed and replaced by a presentiment of her chastity taken on because of her husband's past infidelities. The filmmakers were reluctant to suggest that Kerr's maternal character would have a love affair.

Results of Incident: The story and subsidiary scenes were altered for the film's production.

Source: The New York Times