The mention of LET THERE BE LIGHT prompted me to think of other "shell-shock" films. You might consider PATTON and his infamous slapping of shell-shocked soldier. There are also films that deal in one way or another with the results of wars before WWII. For example, there is amnesiac Ronald Colman in RANDOM HARVEST. In DARK ANGEL, Herbert Marshall plays a man blinded, I believe, in the Great War. In Renoir's RULES OF THE GAME, the German aristocrat von Rauffenstein is badly burned and wears a back brace from war injuries. There are also various injured veterans among the "Forgotten Men" of the Depression--you might check GOLDDIGGERS OF 1933, among others. BTW, has anyone mentioned THE ENGLISH PATIENT? Other images might include John Wayne, as the Captain with the eyepatch in SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON, or Oliver Olivier as Lord Nelson in THAT HAMILTON WOMAN. Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]