The Snapshots in Time Collection
General Jonathan M. Wainwright Viewing a Film Production Still with Studio Executive, 1949
In this 1949 photograph from a personal album documenting General Jonathan M. Wainwright's postwar public life, the general is shown examining a still from a lavish costume-drama film production during a visit to a Hollywood studio office. Wainwright, celebrated as a war hero following his ordeal as a Japanese prisoner of war after the fall of Corregidor in 1942, remained a public figure of great interest throughout the late 1940s, frequently touring industries and institutions across the country. Project: 218338