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Command Decision is a 1949 war film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, and Brian Donlevy, and directed by Sam Wood, based on the 1948 stage play of the same name written by William Wister Haines, which he based on his best-selling 1947 novel.
Command Decision was a 1948 play in three acts written by William Wister Haines, and formed the basis for his best-selling novel of the same title. Produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and directed by John O'Shaughnessy, it ran for 409 performances from October 1, 1947, to September 18, 1948, at the Fulton Theatre in New York City .
Command Decision, a 1948 World War II film starring Clark Gable; Command Decision, a 1948 World War II play starring James Whitmore; Command Decision, a novel by Elizabeth Moon in the Vatta's War series "Command Decision" (Dad's Army episode), a 1968 episode of Dad's Army; Command Decision, a series of miniature wargames by Game Designer's Workshop
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The film is an adaptation of H. M. Bateman's "The One-Note Man", which first appeared in Punch on December 14, 1921. In the cartoon, the One-Note Man is a clarinetist . [ 2 ] Alfred Hitchcock used it as an inspiration for the cymbal player in The Man Who Knew Too Much .
Haines was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1908, one of three sons of Diedrich Jansen Haines and Ella Wister Haines. His father, the grandson of Reuben Haines III, worked as vice president of a surety bond company, Southern Surety Company of Iowa, and his mother was a notable author of mysteries and serialized stories, many of which appeared in The Des Moines Register.
In its original form, the baritone saxophone's highest keyed note was high E ♭, but instruments keyed to high F became standard during the 1920s. High F ♯ became a rare option starting in the 1950s and slowly became more common, but as with other modern saxophones, most baritones are now manufactured with a high F ♯ key.
The lyrics describe the "Rocinante" spinning out of control, and the protagonist's body being destroyed ("every nerve is torn apart"). This section includes the highest note sung by Geddy Lee on any studio album (B ♭ 5 at 9:27). The song fades out with a repeated chord sequence – which returns at 11:56 in Book II – along with the sound of ...