Red Salute (1935)

Director:

Sidney Lanfield

Writers:

Humphrey Pearson (story)
Manuel Seff (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 September 1935 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

True! Timely! Terrific! See the effect RED teachings have on the youth of today!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Telegram | Aunt Niece Relationship | Social Class | Male Female Relationship | Soldier

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Drue Van Allen
Robert Young	...	Jeff
Hardie Albright	...	Arner
Cliff Edwards	...	Rooney
Ruth Donnelly	...	Mrs. Rooney
Gordon Jones	...	Lefty
Paul Stanton	...	Louis Martin
Purnell Pratt	...	General Van Allen
Nella Walker	...	Aunt Betty
Arthur Vinton	...	Joe Beal
Edward McWade	...	Baldy
Henry Kolker	...	Dean
Allan Cavan	...	Army Officer
Ferdinand Gottschalk	...	League Speaker
Selmer Jackson	...	Army Officer

Also Known As:

Arms and the Girl (USA) (working title)
Her Enlisted Man (USA) (reissue title)
Her Uncle Sam (USA) (working title)
Runaway Daughter (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Reliance Pictures

Trivia:

When this film premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York in 1935, the leftist, anti-war National Students League stood outside leading a boycott. Inside the theater, there were fist fights between students and angry patriots, resulting in the arrest of 18 people.

Spoiled general's daughter spurns leftist politics for humble dogface.

Barbara Stanwyck portrays Drue van Allen, the spoiled college brat daughter of General van Allen. Drue dabbles in leftist politics, sponsoring the commie lecturer, Arner (played by Hardie Albright), chiefly for the agitation value it has for her father. Robert Young plays Jeff, a red-blooded young American soldier who can't seem to stay out of the guard house. General van Allen (Purnell Pratt) encourages Jeff's interest in Drue despite his less than perfect military record in an effort to steer her clear of the foreign leftists under whose sway she has fallen. In a series of misadventures, Jeff goes AWOL and he and Drue wind up in Mexico via a stolen travel trailer. Romance ensues and Drue and Jeff put aside their political differences. They return to the USA, Jeff returns to duty, the commies are routed, and everybody lives happily ever after, at least until WWII.

In several ways this simple little film seems to presage "The Way We Were." It won't make anybody's all-time favorites list, but Stanwyck and Young go well together and are pleasant to watch.