Walter Lang

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There's No Business like Show Business

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

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Born	August 10, 1896 • Memphis • Tennessee
Died	February 7, 1972 (aged 75) • Palm Springs • California
Notable Works	“Call Me Madam” • “Cheaper by the Dozen” • “Coney Island” • “Desk Set” • “Greenwich Village” • “Mother Wore Tights” • “Sentimental Journey” • “Sitting Pretty” • “State Fair” • “The King and I” • “The Little Princess” • “The Magnificent Dope” • “The Marriage-Go-Round” • “There’s No Business Like Show Business” [1954]
Role In	World War II

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Cesar Romero and Shirley Temple in The Little Princess

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Harold Ramis

American actor, writer, and director

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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The Bishop's Wife

Henry Koster

American director

Robert Eggers

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Jesse Lasky

American producer

James Ivory

American director

Judith Malina

American theater director and actress

Joel Coen

American filmmaker

Michael Cimino

American director

Ethan Coen

American filmmaker

David Maysles

American documentary filmmaker

Master of suspense

Alfred Hitchcock

English-born American director

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

American film director and producer

Woody Allen

Woody Allen

American actor and director

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

American actor, director, and writer

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese

American director

Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful

Vincente Minnelli

American director

Huston, John; The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

John Huston

American director, writer, and actor

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Frank Capra

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Michael Curtiz

Michael Curtiz

Hungarian-American director, actor, and writer

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.

Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II

U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945

World War II Quiz