5.8
“Strike up the band! Here comes The Greatest Musical Show on Earth!”
Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
December 22, 19521h 30mEN
7.0
11 votes
Overview
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.
Director
Henry KosterWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
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CinemaSerf
6.0Luckily, 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 t…
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