74 years ago: V-J Day, part 2

More films playing around the country in mid-August, 1945.

Though I didn't find ads for a lot of war movies, this film, Over 21, which had a wide release in August and September, is a domestic comedy with a WWII backdrop involving a married couple dealing with the husband, in his 40s, joining the Army.

In Tucson, Arizona, there was a big-name melodrama (The Valley of Decision) and a double feature of adventure (Flame of the Barbary Coast with John Wayne, and Tarzan and the Amazons, the lastest from Johnny Weissmuller)

Also in Tucson, escapism with a B-musical with the Three Stooges (Rockin' in the Rockies--sounds awful) and inspiration with a religious film (The Song of Bernadette).

A couple of B-films in New York City (Bewitched, not with Samantha and Darrin Stephens) and the teen comedy Junior Miss.

Finally, in Waterloo Iowa, the ultimate exotic escapist fantasy, A Thousand and One Nights. This had good sets and Technicolor, but it wasn't as much fun as the Jon Hall/Maria Montez films of the same era (Cobra Woman, Arabian Nights)