Stars and Stripes Forever is quite an entertaining John Philip Sousa musical biopic
Since it's the first day of July, I thought I'd review a movie that either has a patriotic theme or is about someone who is associated with patriotic tunes for each day up to the fourth such as this one about John Philip Sousa who wrote the title tune among others. Clifton Webb plays him and if it's true to the real Sousa, then he did a pretty good job. Not everything in the movie is true, in fact, the characters played by Robert Wagner and Debra Paget are made up, perhaps to provide some romance in the picture. Wagner is his charmingly handsome self while Ms. Paget is quite a sexy presence especially during her first dance. (I can't help thinking there was probably a little too much heat during that as part of that number features lots of cuts to the people watching!) There's also a wonderful rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" as performed by a mixed gender of a black chorus (Stone Mountain Church Choir). Oh and the end with that title tune is, oh, watch the movie if you must get the feeling of it! So that's a high recommendation of Stars and Stripes Forever. Next, I'll review The Phantom President starring the one and only George M. Cohan.score 8/10
tavm 1 July 2020
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw5871906/35196
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