I think you mean the Congressional Gold Medal. The Medal of Honor is awarded to military personnel only.
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I think you mean the Congressional Gold Medal. The Medal of Honor is awarded to military personnel only.
The civilian equivalent to the Medal of Honor is the Congressional Gold Medal.
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RamscoopRaider
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Post 1918 is only awarded to civilians, pre 1918 6 civilians earned it but had it revoked in 1916 though were later restored, 1 in 1977 and the other 5 in 1989
wonderful update Geon
if this nice men, has a smile of big white shark, must be a very very very disturbing view for tuff guys like Louis B. Mayer!
can it be that Mayor Fletcher Bowron, break the "The studio system" created by studio monguls ?
that System that make and brake Hollywood stars
my list on 23 actors (and there owner)
Mickey Rooney, MGM.
Judy Garland, MGM.
Spencer Tracy, MGM.
Katharine Hepburn, MGM.
Humphrey Bogart, Warner Bros.
Cary Grant, Warner Bros.
Peter Lorre, Warner Bros.
Fred Astaire, (out-of-work).
Bela Lugosi, (out-of-work).
Curly Howard, Columbia.
Moe Howard, Columbia.
Shemp Howard, Columbia.
Stan Laurel, Fox Studios.
Oliver Hardy, Fox Studios.
William "Bud" Abbott, Universal Studios.
Lou Costello, Universal Studios.
Bob Hope, RKO Radio Pictures.
Veronica Lake, Paramount Pictures.
Betty Hutton, Paramount Pictures.
Alan Ladd, Paramount Pictures.
Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Marx Bros.(public domain
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Two actors who stay also In Los Angeles.
Charlie Chaplin
Ronald Reagan
Joan Crawford was in time in American Women's Voluntary Services
if ask why are Jimmy steward or Clark Gable not on list, there do service in US forces...
if this nice men, has a smile of big white shark, must be a very very very disturbing view for tuff guys like Louis B. Mayer!
can it be that Mayor Fletcher Bowron, break the "The studio system" created by studio monguls ?
that System that make and brake Hollywood stars
my list on 23 actors (and there owner)
Mickey Rooney, MGM.
Judy Garland, MGM.
Spencer Tracy, MGM.
Katharine Hepburn, MGM.
Humphrey Bogart, Warner Bros.
Cary Grant, Warner Bros.
Peter Lorre, Warner Bros.
Fred Astaire, (out-of-work).
Bela Lugosi, (out-of-work).
Curly Howard, Columbia.
Moe Howard, Columbia.
Shemp Howard, Columbia.
Stan Laurel, Fox Studios.
Oliver Hardy, Fox Studios.
William "Bud" Abbott, Universal Studios.
Lou Costello, Universal Studios.
Bob Hope, RKO Radio Pictures.
Veronica Lake, Paramount Pictures.
Betty Hutton, Paramount Pictures.
Alan Ladd, Paramount Pictures.
Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Marx Bros.(public domain
)Two actors who stay also In Los Angeles.
Charlie Chaplin
Ronald Reagan
Joan Crawford was in time in American Women's Voluntary Services
if ask why are Jimmy steward or Clark Gable not on list, there do service in US forces...
Is this a mispelling or is the name of the German city in the title spelled differently iTTL?
In OTL, the film was in 1961 which happened to align with the capture of Adolf Eichmann. Maybe the movie being early also corresponds with a high profile capture.
Also, choosing Nuremberg was done for two reasons, being the ceremonial birthplace of the Nazi party and that the Palace of Justice was relatively lightly damaged, the second might not be true iTTL.
no it correct english spelling of german name Nürmberg is Nuremberg
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Good stuff!!!
As always, this has continued to be a simply amazing piece of writing. Judgement at Nuremburg coming out this much earlier should be a very different--and much rawer--film. And the comedy about the bug-out says that the studio system was pretty thoroughly defeated--or the picture certainly wouldn't have won an academy award.
In any bunch of rats (or ordinary, scared, people) there are some real heroes waiting--sounds like these movie stars were some of them. Were any actors that, in OTL, did well, tainted with the bug-out? I can see some peopletrying to stop any from returning in the name of "solidarity" or some such--or trying to threaten them for defying the dark lords of Hollywood.
Fantastic stuff
As always, this has continued to be a simply amazing piece of writing. Judgement at Nuremburg coming out this much earlier should be a very different--and much rawer--film. And the comedy about the bug-out says that the studio system was pretty thoroughly defeated--or the picture certainly wouldn't have won an academy award.
In any bunch of rats (or ordinary, scared, people) there are some real heroes waiting--sounds like these movie stars were some of them. Were any actors that, in OTL, did well, tainted with the bug-out? I can see some peopletrying to stop any from returning in the name of "solidarity" or some such--or trying to threaten them for defying the dark lords of Hollywood.
Fantastic stuff
As always, this has continued to be a simply amazing piece of writing. Judgement at Nuremburg coming out this much earlier should be a very different--and much rawer--film. And the comedy about the bug-out says that the studio system was pretty thoroughly defeated--or the picture certainly wouldn't have won an academy award.
In any bunch of rats (or ordinary, scared, people) there are some real heroes waiting--sounds like these movie stars were some of them. Were any actors that, in OTL, did well, tainted with the bug-out? I can see some peopletrying to stop any from returning in the name of "solidarity" or some such--or trying to threaten them for defying the dark lords of Hollywood.
Fantastic stuff
As it was, Judgement at Nuremberg was viewed as a very raw film for the time. From wikipedia...
The film is notable for its use of courtroom drama to directly confront individual perfidy, social upheaval and amorality; in addition, it is one of the first few films that does not shy from showing actual footage filmed by American and British soldiers after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. Shown in court by prosecuting attorney Colonel Tad Lawson (Richard Widmark), the footage of huge piles of naked corpses laid out in rows and bulldozed into large pits was exceptionally gruesome for a mainstream film of its day.
If the film gets much rawer in that regard, it would be approaching OTL Schindler's list...
Bob Hope was really active in the USO shows around the country and overseas. If you look at the time frame he should already be overseas starting on a Christmas program tour. I could see him come back after the tour and do something for the civilians of LA.
Some of the Radio and movie stars would be on tour with him, so they would not be involved in the great bug out.
You also had some folks like Malena Dietrich who did USO tours during this time frame that were on their own tour instead of Bob Hopes big tour.
You might look at some of the early silent stars who since they were not involved in this timelines movie companies might make a comeback just because they are there and step up.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. might be a good person to be "put in charge" if you need to bring someone in. He was a Navy Lt. Commander but would be easily promoted if they wanted to. Well decorated as a combat veteran and a good organizer, would make a good fit for someone who is a hometown person to bring in.
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Agreed. In addition to the big 23, any movie star who was out of L.A. at the time on military or military-related business will get a clean bill of health (so to speak) from the public. Even those who did evacuate might not necessarily suffer a permanent blight on their careers, or even any long-term damage, if they can prove to people's satisfaction that they wanted to stay but were forced to leave by the studio moguls, because movie fans, then as now, want to think well of their idols. The studio chiefs will be the BIG losers.
katchen
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Marlene Dietrich was one hellof a brave woman doing those tours. She would have been killed horribly by the Germans as a traitor if she had been captured. Apparently, she also slept with a number of generals including Patton, too. Being a free agent, she answered to nobody (except perhaps the OSS) One never knows).
Is this going to be a huge boost for 'the society of independant motion picture producers' and/or united artists?
Karl was always the least funny brother.Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Marx Bros.(public domain
ROLF
my list on 23 actors (and there owner) ver2.0
Mickey Rooney, MGM.
Judy Garland, MGM.
Spencer Tracy, MGM.
Katharine Hepburn, MGM.
Humphrey Bogart, Warner Bros.
Cary Grant, Warner Bros.
Peter Lorre, Warner Bros.
Fred Astaire, (out-of-work).
Bela Lugosi, (out-of-work).
Larry Fine, Columbia.
Moe Howard, Columbia.
Shemp Howard, Columbia.
Stan Laurel, Fox Studios.
Oliver Hardy, Fox Studios.
William "Bud" Abbott, Universal Studios.
Lou Costello, Universal Studios.
Harold Lloyd, ???.
Veronica Lake, Paramount Pictures.
Betty Hutton, Paramount Pictures.
Alan Ladd, Paramount Pictures.
Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Marx Bros.(public domain )
Note
Curly Howard was on moment in hospital do bad health,
Bob Hope was active in the USO shows around the country and overseas.
Harold Lloyd, on suggestion jlckansas for a early silent stars.
I think yes because the 23 will encounter Charlie Chaplin, the boss of united artists
They find safety in UA after the rage of Louis B. Mayer and other studio monguls, until the public rage cick against the Studio System.
Mayer & co will face annoying question by investors: "why you mobbing them ? They heroes with the Congressional Gold Medal for god sake.!"
Plus they are other actors who probably chose never to leave like Charlie Chaplin and Ronald Reagan.
that would be Harold Lloyd
on List i wanna replace one of actors
with one who very popular in time and had allot problems with "the Studio system"
and who i and Geon are big fans of:
Buster Crabbe, the man who played Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers* in 1930s serials
*because he work at Universal for Flash Gordon series, they refused him to pay for his role as Buck Rogers at Warners Bros,
so Crabbe with a with the Congressional Gold Medal on his chest,
the the Studios moguls will think twice, on bamboozled Him again.
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