(The same battle was frequently referred o in Renoir""sThe Grand Illusion (1937)).The protracted conflict claimed the lives of 315,000 French soldiers (calledpoilus) on the Western front.Alice overhears the invitation, and comments that she is planning a party for George hat same evening - the date of his birthday.Clitterhouse (1938)1939:The Roaring Twenties (1939),Each Dawn I Die (1939)And the gangster genre made indelible stars of "tough guys" Edward G.It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war.