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Magazine page, a page from the July 13, 1942, issue of
LIFE magazine. The page is from a photo-essay titled "Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors". The photo-drama was suggested by Stephen Early, President Roosevelt's press secretary, and "directed" by Alfred Hitchcock, with photography by Eliot Elisofon.
The story is a "photo-dramatization" that shows how well-meaning but talkative Americans can spread information, both true and false, that could potentially harm the country's war efforts. The moral of the story was "Keep your mouth shut". Hitchcock himself made a cameo in the photo essay. The feature was a form of wartime propaganda to discourage the spread of rumors. |
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