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The Fighting Sullivans
The Fighting Sullivans, originally released as "The Sullivans", is a 1944 American biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr., and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for a now-discontinued Academy Award for Best Story.
The story follows the lives of the five Irish-American Sullivan brothers, who grew up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and served together in the United States Navy during World War II. 
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and Judith Jaffe Tolmach Silber. His daughter Barbara was married to producer John Kohn. His grandson is Matt Tolmach, co-president of production at Sony Pictures Entertainment. Another grandson is director Peter Kohn (director).
Partial filmography.
- "Theater of Blood" (1973)
- "Born Free" (1966)
- "Damian and Pythias" (1962)
- "The Fighting Sullivans" (1944)
- "Diplomaniacs" (1933)
- "The Vanishing Frontier"