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5.0/10   14 votes
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Director:
Nick Grinde
Writers:
Forrest Barnes (screenplay)
Forrest Barnes (story)
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Release Date:
20 February 1937 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Biography | Drama | History | War more
Plot:
Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Glorious Technicolor....and "Damn those Yankees!" more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Fred Lawrence ... George Wilbert
Jane Bryan ... Arlene
Fritz Leiber ... Stonewall Jackson
Gordon Hart
John Sheehan ... Number Thirteen
Wayne Morris ... Dallas
Pierre Watkin ... Robert E. Lee
Olive Tell ... Mrs. Jackson
Myrtle Stedman ... Arlene's Mother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Davenport ... Party Guest
Stuart Holmes ... Confederate Officer
Dennis Moore ... Captain
Paul Panzer ... Confederate Officer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
17 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #2749)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Vitaphone release #7792-7793. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into March On, America! (1942) more
Soundtrack:
(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land more

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Glorious Technicolor....and "Damn those Yankees!", 15 March 2006
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This is one of the more bizarre of Warner Brothes' surprisingly lavish "Historical" two reeler's. This is part biopic (which tries to reclaim "Stonewall" Jackson as an all American hero ...and glorify General Lee as most films of this period do), part musical romance (though the theme song is totally anachronistic... and pretty bad...and the "Romance" is truncated to the point of anemia). This is, nonetheless, fascinating for the large scale production values, lavish action scenes, and interesting use of talent (why is wonderful Harry Davenport in the opening scene only? And why didn't handsome and appealing Wayne Morriss ever move from early bits like the one he has here to super-stardom like he should have?). As history lesson...weird and wacky...as curio of the Studio moving toward the Technicolor glories of "The Adventures Of Robin Hood"...invaluable.

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