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FROM HERE TO ETERNITY premieres in New York. Directed by Fred Zinnermann. Written by Daniel Taradash, based on James Jones' 1951 debut novel. Bowdlerised but still compelling melodrama focusing on the live and loves of a group of officers and servicemen stationed at the Schofield Army Barracks at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, in late 1941, just prior to the Japanese attack. Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Ernest Borgnine and Frank Sinatra lead the all-star cast. Film is a box-office blockbuster, winning eight Academy Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor (Sinatra), Best Supporting Actress (Donna Reed), Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey), Best Editing (William Lyon) and Best Sound (John P. Livadary).
