Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)

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A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Stars and Stripes Forever

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Clifton Webb
Clifton Webb as John Philip Sousa Died 1966 · Indianapolis, Indiana, USA Clifton Webb (November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966) was an American actor, dancer, and singer known for his Oscar-nominated roles in such films as Laura, The Razor's Edge, and Sitting Pretty. In the t...
Debra Paget
Debra Paget as Lily Becker Age 92 · Denver, Colorado, USA Debra Paget (born Debralee Griffin; August 19, 1933) is an American actress and entertainer. She is perhaps best known for her performances in Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956) and i...
Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner as Willie Little Age 96 · Detroit, Michigan, USA Robert John Wagner (born February 10, 1930) is an American actor of stage, screen, and television. A veteran of many films in the 1950s and 1960s, Wagner gained prominence in three American televisio...
Ruth Hussey
Ruth Hussey as Jennie Sousa Died 2005 · Providence, Rhode Island, USA ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ruth Carol Hussey (October 30, 1911 – April 19, 2005) was an American actress best known for her Academy Award-nominated role as photographer Elizabeth Imbrie i...
Finlay Currie
Finlay Currie as Col. Randolph Died 1968 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Ma...
Roy Roberts
Roy Roberts as Maj. George Porter Houston Died 1975 · Dade City, Florida, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones; March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975) was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than n...

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Apr 26, 2022
Luckily, John Philip Sousa left us a legacy that anyone who ever drilled in the Boy's Brigade, or the Scouts, or any of the more grown up military will recognise instantly. An huge portfolio of marching music that earned him acclaim throughout the world. Luckily? Well that's because this is not really much of a fitting tribute. Though Clifton Webb goes at the role with gusto, and a doey-eyed Robert Wagner brings a cheeky light-heartedness as his enthusiastic sousaphone (a sort of tuba) protege, the rest of this is really quite weak. Webb spends a great deal of his time parading around like a toy soldier from a Brothers' Grimm fairy tale delivering the somewhat clipped dialogue in the most methodical of manners. The sight of Finlay Currie doing his best Colonel Sanders routine does raise a smile, but for this most part Henry Koster has just created a colourful, but all too processional march through the works of this able musician, without really giving us much to get our teeth into. There are wars to be fought, and no doubt his tunes offered inspiration to those facing combat; and the effects of conflict are felt close to his heart, but again little effort has been put into developing the supporting characters and so it all just feels a bit superficial - fluffy, even. Still, you ought to enjoy this if you like a bit of flamboyance and some good band sound.

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