For information call:

Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745

The Franklin D. Roosevelt

Presidential Library and Museum

presents the next program

in its year-long film series

“Hollywood Goes to War,

1941-1945”

with a screening of

John Huston and Vincent Sherman’s

ACROSS THE PACIFIC (1942)

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 2PM

In-person: Wallace Center at the

FDR Presidential Library and Home

CLICK HERE to register.

HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum presents the next program in its year-long film series “Hollywood Goes to War, 1941-1945” with a screening of John Huston and Vincent Sherman’s ACROSS THE PACIFIC (1942) on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. The event will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. This is a free public event, but registration is required. CLICK HERE to register.

Upcoming films in the “Hollywood Goes to War, 1941-1945” film series include: MRS. MINIVER (1942), CRY HAVOC (1943), EDGE OF DARKNESS (1943), HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN (1944), FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP (1944) and THEY WERE EXPENDABLE (1945).

Synopsis:

After being given a phony dishonorable discharge, Army officer Richard Leland (Humphrey Bogart) takes it upon himself to continue on in his capacity as a soldier and offer his services to Chiang Kai-Shek and the Chinese. On his journey through the Panama Canal he comes across Dr. Lorenz (Sydney Greenstreet), a spy determined to blow up the Canal.

The film’s first director, John Huston, abruptly left production to join the United States Army Signal Corps, leaving the movie in the hands of young director Vincent Sherman. ACROSS THE PACIFIC was the second feature directed by John Huston starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor and Sydney Greenstreet. The first was THE MALTESE FALCON (1941). The screenplay, by Richard Macauley, was an adaptation of a Saturday Evening Post serial by Robert Carson, “Aloha Means Goodbye,” published in 1941.

Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.