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Auction History Result 9s282 SONG OF RUSSIA 16 8x10 stills 1944 Robert Taylor & Commie Susan Peters in World War II! Date Sold 9/30/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 16 Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Stills (Learn More) Song of Russia, the 1944 Gregory Ratoff World War II (WWII) military romantic composer musical propaganda melodrama ("Flaming love story of an American!"; written, in part, by Edgar Ulmer; about an American going on a tour of Russia at the beginning of World War II, and falling in love, and get married [in a religious ceremony in Soviet Russia!], and Russia is presented as being a very happy place that is not much different from the U.S.!; then the Nazis invade Russia, and the girl joins the Resistance; the movie was primarily intended to convince Americans why they needed to strongly support Russia against Germany in World War II [MGM publicity said "it tells the story of the Russian people and the heroic defense of their native soil"], and later this movie was used as evidence against screenwriters Paul Jarrico and Richard Collins, who were both blacklisted as a result, while star Robert Taylor, who was an avid anti-Communist, stated that he had been forced to make the movie by MGM!) starring Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, John Hodiak, Robert Benchley, and Felix Bressart NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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