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Writers:
James Kevin McGuinness (dialogue)
John Stone (writer)
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Release Date:
1 September 1929 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Hear! See! The Army-Navy Footbal Classic in this All Talking Fox Movietone
Plot:
West Point Cadet John and Annapolis Midshipman Frank focus their fraternal rivalry on the big Army-Navy football game. full summary | add synopsis
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Salute To Studio's Pioneers
 (From New York Post. 8 December 2008, 9:59 PM, PST)

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badly acted,hokey,early John Ford talkie,location shoot more (2 total)

Cast

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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 ... RAdm. John Randall
Clifford Dempsey ... Maj. Gen. Somers
Ward Bond ... Midshipman Harold
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Additional Details

Runtime:
84 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
badly acted,hokey,early John Ford talkie,location shoot, 25 September 1999
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Author: marc (beautyboy@aol.com) from New York NY

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.

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