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Salute to the Marines (1943)
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September 1943 (USA) moreUser Comments:
Classic Wartime Film more (8 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Wallace Beery | ... | Sergeant Major William Bailey |
 | Fay Bainter | ... | Jennie Bailey |
| Reginald Owen | ... | Mr. Henry Caspar |
| Ray Collins | ... | Colonel John Mason |
| Keye Luke | ... | 'Flashy' Logaz |
| Marilyn Maxwell | ... | Helen Bailey |
| William Lundigan | ... | Rufus Cleveland |
| Donald Curtis | ... | Randall James |
| Noah Beery | ... | Adjutant (as Noah Beery Sr.) |
| Dick Curtis | ... | Corporal Mosley |
| Russell Gleason | ... | Private Hanks |
| Rose Hobart | ... | Mrs. Carson |
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #9148) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Finland:S | Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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Premiered at Chico's Senator Theater where it raised $300,000 in war bonds. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: At the time of the fall of the Philippines, US Marines would have been wearing the old-style "tin" helmets rather than the WWII steel pots used in the battle scene. moreSoundtrack:
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First one needs to remember this film was made DURING the war. Anti Japanese resentment following Pearl Harbor and things like the Bataan Death March were running high. And make no mistake, this film is pretty heavy on the anti Japanese message.
But that is also one of the things that makes it interesting. It is a glimpse into how people at the time were actually thinking. And while the "dirty japs" were portrayed as squinty, murdering savages we must remember that at the time it wasn't a completely unfair criticism.
The film is also unique in that it has a light "comedy" aspect to it. Wallace Beery manages something like an Archie Bunker quality. Probably much needed comic relief given that the news from the war was not always uplifting.
But the final thing one needs to keep in mind is the purpose of this film and ones like it. It was designed to unify the nation against a common enemy. And that is how wars are won. And if the worst thing that happens is our enemies are portrayed in a negative light, well that is hardly the worst thing that happens during wars.