True to the Navy

True to the Navy
True to the Navy
Directed by	Frank Tuttle
Written by	Keene Thompson; Doris Anderson; Herman J. Mankiewicz
Starring	Clara Bow; Fredric March; Stanley "Tiny" Morner; Rex Bell
Cinematography	Victor Milner
Edited by	Doris Drought
Production; company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 25, 1930;
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

True to the Navy (1930)

True to the Navy is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle for Paramount Pictures.^[1] The film stars Clara Bow as a counter girl at a San Diego drugstore with a predilection for sailors. Eventually, she sets her sights on Bull's Eye McCoy (Fredric March), a stiff-necked gunner's mate.

Plot

Cast

Clara Bow as Ruby Nolan
Fredric March as "Bull's-Eye" McCoy
Stanley "Tiny" Morner as Bob Oldfield^{[citation needed]}
Harry Green as Solomon Bimberg
Sam Hardy as Brady
Rex Bell as Eddie
Ray Cooke as Peewee
Eddie Fetherston as Michael
Eddie Dunn as Albert
Adele Windsor as Maizie
Harry Sweet as Artie

Promotion

The film was promoted by the studio revue film Paramount on Parade, released in April 1930, which included "The Redhead" sequence with Bow and 42 Navy men singing "True to the Navy".

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, "the spectacle of distinguished actor Frederic March in sailor togs, chewing gum and dispensing sez-you dialogue, is worth the admission price in itself";^[2] while The New York Times noted, "it is a moderately deserting Summer-weather film, which succeeded in eliciting a good deal of laughter at its showing yesterday."^[3]

References

↑ "True to the Navy". BFI. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.
↑ "True to the Navy (1930) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
↑ Hall, Mordaunt (May 24, 1930). "Movie Review - Ladies of Leisure - The Screen; Will Rogers's New Comedy. A Sweetheart on Every Ship. Miss Stanwyck Triamphs. Gives Fine Screen Performance in "Ladies of Leisure." TRIP OF PINCHOTS IN FILM. "South Seas" at the Cameo Reveals Picturesque Far-Off Scenes". The New York Times.

External links

True to the Navy at IMDb
True to the Navy is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] "True to the Navy". BFI. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.

[2] "True to the Navy (1930) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved November 18, 2022.

[3] Hall, Mordaunt (May 24, 1930). "Movie Review - Ladies of Leisure - The Screen; Will Rogers's New Comedy. A Sweetheart on Every Ship. Miss Stanwyck Triamphs. Gives Fine Screen Performance in "Ladies of Leisure." TRIP OF PINCHOTS IN FILM. "South Seas" at the Cameo Reveals Picturesque Far-Off Scenes". The New York Times.

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