From Here to Eternity is a romantic drama movie based on one of the best-selling novels of post World War II, by James Jone’s. This novel featured a tale of a peacetime army in Hawaii before the Pearl Harbor attack. Using three different plot lines, the film paints a panoramic view of military life.

This movie displeased the army, and it was banned by the Navy for being a “discredit to the armed services.” Several of the novel’s controversial plot points were also modified or eliminated to satisfy the Production Code Office and the U.S. Army. The beach scene in which Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr were kissing deemed “too erotic” by the MPAA. Despite the critics, the film received 8 Oscars out of 13 nominations for besting roleplaying, directing, writing and sound recording.

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