The best Isobel Elsom’s war movies

Isobel Elsom

Isobel Elsom

16/03/1893- 12/01/1981
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The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover
7/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 11/05/1944
  • Character: Mrs. Bancroft (uncredited)
Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, American Susan never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Ashwood is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
6.4/10
  • Genre: DramaRomanceWar
  • Release: 18/08/1955
  • Character: Adeline Palmer-Jones
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

The Guns of Fort Petticoat
6.3/10
Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.

Eagle Squadron

Eagle Squadron
6.4/10
  • Genre: RomanceWar
  • Release: 16/06/1942
  • Character: Dame Elizabeth Whitby
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.

First Comes Courage

First Comes Courage
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 29/07/1943
  • Character: Rose Lindstrom
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies land an assassin to kill him -- an assassin who happens to be her former lover.

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