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| The Singing Marine | |
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| Directed by | Ray Enright Busby Berkeley (musical sequences) |
| Written by | Delmer Daves (original screenplay) |
| Produced by | Jack L. Warner Hal B. Wallis |
| Starring | Dick Powell Doris Weston Lee Dixon |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd Sidney Hickox (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Thomas Pratt |
| Music by | Heinz Roemheld |
| Production company | Warner Bros. |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Singing Marine is a 1937 American musical film directed by Ray Enright and Busby Berkeley and starring Dick Powell. It was the last of Powell's trio of service-related Warners films: 1934's Flirtation Walk paid tribute, of sorts, to the Army, and 1935's Shipmates Forever to the Navy. This one is distinguished by its two musical sequences directed by Busby Berkeley.
Plot
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. I missed most of the first hour… On the strength of his uniform & voice, Dick becomes a celebrity. A crackpot manager Hugh Herbert signs him to an exclusive contract. Dick’s unit gets ordered to China but he, along with his sergeant and corporal, miss their transport. The sergeant is an unusually dynamic Allen Jenkins. Dick orders a suite on a luxury liner, a stateroom for his loyal girlfriend/pal Peggy and accommodations for the marines and they all set sail. On the voyage, Dick sings a lot, there’s serious tap dancing, Dick sings some more and he is besieged by a horde of beautiful ( is a crowd of Warner Brothers showgirls a Horde ? ) passengers who literally pass him from one to the other. Peggy is not pleased by this display and she is added to the list of those upset with Mr. Powell. They get to Shang Hai. The marines wants him back and he’s restricted to base.
There’s a world wide radio broadcast that he has to finagle, but it all works out. His unit thinks he’s been high hatting them but he helps out a marine’s widow who is a favorite of all the local leathnecks. He gives her a nightclub that he ended up with. Peggy forgives him, they kiss Dick sings some more and Fade Out.
Cast
- Dick Powell as Private Robert Brent
- Doris Weston as Peggy Randall
- Lee Dixon as Corporal Slim Baxter
- Hugh Herbert as Aeneas Phinney / Clarissa
- Jane Darwell as "Ma" Marine
- Allen Jenkins as Sergeant Mike Kelly
- Larry Adler as himself
- Marcia Ralston as Helen Young
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Dopey
- Veda Ann Borg as Diane
- Jane Wyman as Joan
- Berton Churchill as J. Montgomery Madison
- Eddie Acuff as Sam
- Henry O'Neill as Captain Skinner
- Addison Richards as Felix Fowler
- unbilled players include Ward Bond, Richard Loo, and Doc Rockwell as himself
References
External links
- The Singing Marine at IMDb
- The Singing Marine at the TCM Movie Database
- The Singing Marine at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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- 1937 films
- Films directed by Ray Enright
- Films scored by Heinz Roemheld
- Warner Bros. films
- Films about the United States Marine Corps
- 1937 romantic comedy films
- 1930s romantic musical films
- American black-and-white films
- American romantic comedy films
- American romantic musical films
- 1930s English-language films
- 1930s American films
- English-language romantic comedy films
- English-language romantic musical films
- Romantic musical film stubs