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Stars and Stripes Forever: Directed by Henry Koster. With Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, Ruth Hussey. A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
In the 1890s, Sergeant Major John Philip Sousa, the United States Marine Band director, leaves the Marine Corps after his enlistment expires to form his own band. He must do so because he is not paid enough by the Corps to provide for his wife Jennie ( Ruth Hussey) and their three children.
Stars and Stripes Forever - (Original Trailer) Clifton Webb stars in the story of the March King, John Philip Sousa in Stars and Stripes Forever (1952).
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The United States Marine BandCol. Jason K. Fettig, Director
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America.
Eager to impress his boss, musician Private Willie Little (Robert Wagner) presents Marine Corps Band composer John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) with a rejiggered instrument he's...
- Biography, Musical
