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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 is a war novel by William Wister Haines, [1] serialized in 1946–47 in four parts in The Atlantic Monthly. [2] It was published in book form in 1947. It was developed from the unproduced play of the same title in order to provide a market for a Broadway production that followed in 1947, then adapted as a film in 1948.
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
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.
Folkways or mores, in sociology, are norms for routine or casual interaction; Folkways Records, a record label founded by Moe Asch of the Smithsonian Institution in 1948 Verve Folkways, an offshoot of Folkways Records formed in 1964; Smithsonian Folkways, the record label of the Smithsonian Institution, which incorporated Folkways Records in 1987
Command Decisions was a series produced by Hoff Productions which aired on The History Channel in 2004. Each episode depicted an historic battle through re-creations, and gave the viewer an opportunity to test his or her skills, strategies, and nerve as a commander through nine questions.
The Command may refer to: "The Command" (short story) a 1938 short story by L. Sprague de Camp; The Command (comic) part of the series Fifty State Initiative, a fictional governmental plan that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics; The Command a cavalry Western starring Guy Madison; The Command (2005 film)