Salute (1929)

West Point Cadet John and Annapolis Midshipman Frank focus their fraternal rivalry on the big Army-Navy football game.

Writers:

Tristram Tupper (story), John Stone (screen play),

Stars:

George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, William Janney

Cast

Complete credited cast:
George O'Brien	...	Cadet John Randall
Helen Chandler	...	Nancy Wayne
William Janney	...	Midshipman Paul Randall
Stepin Fetchit	...	Smoke Screen
Frank Albertson	...	Midshipman Albert Edward Price
Joyce Compton	...	Marian Wilson
David Butler	...	Navy Coach
Lumsden Hare	...	Rear Admiral John Randall
Clifford Dempsey	...	Major General Somers
Ward Bond	...	Midshipman Harold

Storyline

John Randall is an Army cadet at West Point. His younger brother Paul is a midshipman at the Naval Academy. John contrives to help Paul's timid romantic interest in Nancy Wayne by pretending to be interested in her himself. Paul, however, takes offense, and determines to beat his brother in the Army-Navy football game on purely personal grounds. Meanwhile, Paul and fellow midshipman Albert Price are hazed and tormented by upperclassmen.

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Plot Keywords:

brother | united states naval academy | united states military academy | grandfather | american football | 

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Taglines:

Hear! See! The Army-Navy Footbal Classic in this All Talking Fox Movietone

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Sport

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 September 1929 (USA)

Also Known As:

El triunfo de la audacia

Filming Locations:

U.S. Naval Academy - 121 Blake Road, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Directed by John Ford (1971)

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Soundtracks

"Taps"
(1862) (uncredited)
Written by Daniel Butterfield
Played at bedtime

User Reviews

badly acted,hokey,early John Ford talkie,location shoot

Bad performances by George O Brian and William Janney as rival brothers who end up playing the big Army-Navy football game against each other. Steppin Fetchit is given a lot of screen time and his performance is embarrassing and racist by today's standards, but he might make you smile occasionally even while you wince;he is very charismatic.John Wayne has a few brief scenes as one of a trio of cadets who haze (very mildly) the hero.The best parts of the movie are the unusually crisp location filming of the real Annapolis circa 1929. The big football game is unexciting and has no surprises. There is one good performance by Frank Albertson whose spirited portrayal of the callow roommate who talks back to his C.O. is the film's highlight.No real John Ford touches in this programmer.