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    Stars and Stripes Forever

    1953 · Musical · 1h 29m

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  1. Reviews 78% Audience Score 250+ Ratings Eager to impress his boss, musician Private Willie Little (Robert Wagner) presents Marine Corps Band composer John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) with a ...

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    • Henry Koster
    • Biography, Musical
    • Clifton Webb
  2. Stars and Stripes Forever Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine. An overlong plot thread involving Young Love (Debra Paget...

  3. Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times, wrote that "This big, brassy Technicolored picture ... is, in substance, a rambling review of the musical triumphs of the famous bandmaster, whom Clifton Webb regally plays. And as such, it is much more rewarding in its thumpings and boomings of a rousing band than it is in its illuminations ...

  4. The Stars and Stripes Forever, march by American composer John Philip Sousa that premiered in 1897. The piece stands as the quintessential example of the composer’s music. Sousa composed well over 100 marches, and the best known of all those is the patriotic The Stars and Stripes Forever.

    • Betsy Schwarm
  5. From the opening musical number, which has the old red-coated Marine Band marching around its parade field blasting out the "Washington Post March," to the final fifty-piece performance of the...

  6. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa. Cast & Crew. Read More. Henry Koster. Director. Clifton Webb. John Philip Sousa. Debra Paget. Lily Becker. Robert Wagner. Willie Little. Ruth Hussey. Jennie Sousa. Finlay Currie. Col. Randolph. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. Also Known As.

  7. A 1952 biographical film, Stars and Stripes Forever, gives an account of the composer's life and music. Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz wrote a famous transcription of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" for solo piano to celebrate his becoming an American citizen. In an interview, Horowitz opined that the march, being a military march ...

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