Guadalcanal Diary with Preston S. Foster: DVD Cover

    Guadalcanal Diary Director: Lewis Seiler Cast: Preston S. Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/21/2002
    • Original Release: 1943
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 5,843

    Viewer Rating: (1 ratings)

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    Theatrical trailer; Interactive menus; Scene selection; Full frame [aspect ratio 1.33:1]; Audio: English stereo, English mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Chapter Selection
    1. Main Titles [:14]
    2. A Peaceful, Lazy Day of Rest [1:54]
    3. The Bold and Brave of Heart [6:16]
    4. The Great Day Itself [1:54]
    5. Moving In [7:20]
    6. First Crack at the Enemy [7:30]
    7. The Cover of Darkness [3:25]
    8. All Dead [4:22]
    9. Going Back for Blood [2:40]
    10. Mail [4:42]
    11. Blow the Place to Pieces [:47]
    12. Proof Through the Night [3:46]
    13. Air Support and Reinforcements [2:36]
    14. The Great Offensive [5:35]
    15. Last Day on the Island [3:59]
    16. The End [4:00]

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    Editorial Reviews

    20th Century-Fox's 1943 filmization of Richard Tregaskis' best-selling book Guadalcanal Diary does full justice to the spare, lean prose of Tregaskis' eyewitness account. The incidents in the "diary" are tied together by an off-screen narrator into a cohesive storyline. The principal characters in this wartime chronicle are marine sergeant Lloyd Nolan, chaplain Preston S. Foster, Mexican enlistee Anthony Quinn, and a Dodgers-lovin' Brooklynite, played by William Bendix. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    One of the Best from the war yearsby JCarter

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    June 29, 2009: Richard Tregaskis was a correspondent during world war II who from his dispatches back to the United States from Guadalcanal told the story of America's first offensive of the war. He compiled his dispatches and published a book called Guadalcanal Diary. For years people in the states had seen films depicting the Nazis, but little was said about the practices of the Japanese in war. This film showed America what kind of enemy they were fighting.

    The cast is good and appropriate for the film. Anthony Quinn and Lloyd Nolan being the most notable. For those who know little about the battle it would probably be good to read something about it before seeing the film or otherwise you may wonder what is going on.