... film studios had an integral role in influencing the public's opinions. The studios, realizing how high up celebrities are in the eyes of the everyday, common person decided to use this respect and admiration for the betterment of the country and its efforts towards the war. In the three movies we viewed in class, All Quiet on the Western Front (AQWF), Hearts of the World, and The Big Parade, there exists a common theme that ... runs through each of the stories; respect and high regard given to ... the notion of what masculinity should be like. Real men are brave, heroic and proud to be...

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