ROMANCE DURING WARTIME Altough war is a nasty and often tragic event, people who are involved still have
Romance & Love during Wartime
War is often a brutal and destructive event affecting millions. People caught up in the maelstrom still have to get on with their everyday lives. The film ' The Americanization of Emily takes place on the eve of D Day. James Garner is an American naval officer in love with July Andrews, an English woman who serves as his driver while preparing for the invasion. Garner has been given the job of making a film of ther first dead sailor on Omaha beach, a job he wishes to avoid. Meanwhile, he is able to wangle a weekend leave with Emily and this clip also has elements of the love theme by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer. This scene does not dismiss the carnage that is about to occur during the D Day invasion but is a brief and tender interlude between two individuals caught up in wartime circumstances.
Also attached is a Tony Bennett performance of Emily. a song that along with Laura ,is one of the finest movie songs dedicated to a female movie character.
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