Mudcat Café Message

sj

User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Rusty Dobro	Origins: 'Wayfaring Stranger' in film '1917' (20)	Origins: 'Wayfaring Stranger' in film '1917'	28 Jan 20
In the film '1917', British soldiers about to launch an attack against the German front line are shown listening to a comrade singing 'Wayfaring Stranger'. Whilst I know that the song dates back to around the mid-19th century, it somehow doesn't ring true to me to hear it in a WW1 context when US troops had not then reached the Front. (The film is actually set on the day the US entered the war.) As (nearly) everything else in the film is meticulously researched, I'm probably wrong, but does anyone know?

Post to this Thread -

Back to the Main Forum Page

By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.

By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.

By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.

By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.

Try it all, you will see.