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- Title
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT: A HISTORY TEACHER'S REAPPRAISAL.
- Authors
Schleh, Eugene P. A.
- Abstract
The article presents information about "All Quiet on the Western Front." It portrays modern warfare. The basic production history of the film is a familiar story, Erich Maria Remarque's international best seller told the story of the impact of the War on a class of German schoolboys, representing their generation. Producer Carl Laemmle, Jr., obtained a contract from Remarque for the screen rights to his novel. Director Lewis Milestone was signed on and with Dell Andrews, Maxwell Anderson and George Abbott, produced a screenplay praised for its Americanization of the dialog while remaining faithful to Remarque's story. Since the film is essentially so faithful to the book and since the latter is still so widely read, an initial book-film comparison seems appropriate. Milestone did revise the chronology of the novel making it easier for theatre audiences to follow the story. While Remarque began well into the war and filled in earlier events by reference, the film begins with the boys in their school classroom and progresses through enlistment, training, and combat, to eventual destruction.
- Subjects
ALL Quiet on the Western Front (Film : 1930); WAR films; REMARQUE, Erich Maria, 1898-1970; SCREENPLAYS; PERFORMING arts; LAEMMLE, Carl, 1908-1979
- Publication
Film & History (03603695), 1978, Vol 8, Issue 4, p89
- ISSN
0360-3695
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/flm.1978.a487256