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Albert A. "Al" Schmid
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Pride of the Marines is a 1945 American biographical war film starring John Garfield and Eleanor Parker. It tells the story of U.S. Marine Al Schmid in World War II, his heroic stand against a Japanese attack during the Battle of Guadalcanal, in which he was blinded by a grenade, and his subsequent rehabilitation.
Pride of the Marines: Directed by Delmer Daves. With John Garfield, Eleanor Parker, Dane Clark, John Ridgely. Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Delmer Daves
- 1945-08-24
Pride Of The Marines (1945) - (Original Trailer) John Garfield stars in the true-life story of Al Schmid, A World War II hero blinded by a grenade in Pride Of The Marines (1945).
- Delmer Daves, Art Lueker
- John Garfield
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife. A semi-fictionalized account of Al Schmid in relation to WWII is told.
Al is sent to Guadalcanal in the South Pacific, where he and other Marines defend the island from a Japanese attack. After killing almost 200 Japanese soldiers, Al is blinded by a grenade.
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- Delmer Daves
- Biography
- John Garfield
This former Leatherneck appreciates more and more through the years John Garfield's gut-wrenching performance in the docu-drama PRIDE OF THE MARINES (1945), the true story of war hero Al Schmid who was blinded in combat on Guadalcanal by a Jap grenade.
Sep 10, 2012 · The true story of Al Schmid, a young soldier blinded by a Japanese grenade in the heroic defence of Guadalcanal, allows Garfield to produce a performance of well-modulated intensity...
