Come On Marines!
1934 film by Henry Hathaway
- March 23, 1934 (1934-03-23)
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Come On Marines! is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Richard Arlen and Ida Lupino.[1]
Plot
Ladies' man and U.S. Marines sergeant "Lucky" Davis is leading a squadron on an expedition through a Philippine jungle where an outlaw bandit is leading a guerrilla-war rebellion. Their assignment is to rescue a group of children from an island mission, but when they arrive, the troops are surprised to discover that the inhabitants are actually a group of young women blissfully bathing in a pool while awaiting rescue.
Cast
- Richard Arlen as Lucky Davis
- Ida Lupino as Esther Smith-Hamilton
- Roscoe Karns as Spud McGurke
- Grace Bradley as Jojo La Verne
- Fuzzy Knight as Wimpy
- Monte Blue as Lt. Allen
- Ann Sheridan as Loretta (billed as Clara Lou Sheridan)
- Toby Wing as Dolly
- Lona Andre as Shirley
Reception
In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Mordaunt Hall called the film a "sturdy comedy" but wrote: "When the picture tires of violent outbursts and slangy retorts, it turns to infantile patter as a means to stir up mirth. ... From the moment Lucky Davis appears on the screen one knows that he is going to get into hot water and likewise there is never the slightest doubt but that he and Esther Cabot, the dominant member of the stranded debutantes, will in the end be on their way to get married or that the handsome leatherneck will become an officer in the corps."[2]
References
- ^ Come On Marines! details, allmovie.com; accessed August 14, 2015.
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (1934-03-24). "The Screen: Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino and Roscoe Karns in the Film Comedy "Come On Marines!"". The New York Times. p. 20.
External links
- Come On Marines at IMDb
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Films directed by Henry Hathaway
- Heritage of the Desert (1932)
- Wild Horse Mesa (1932)
- The Thundering Herd (1933)
- Under the Tonto Rim (1933)
- Sunset Pass (1933)
- Man of the Forest (1933)
- To the Last Man (1933)
- Come On Marines! (1934)
- The Witching Hour (1934)
- The Last Round-Up (1934)
- Now and Forever (1934)
- The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
- Peter Ibbetson (1935)
- I Loved a Soldier (1936)
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
- Go West, Young Man (1936)
- Souls at Sea (1937)
- Spawn of the North (1938)
- The Real Glory (1939)
- Johnny Apollo (1940)
- Brigham Young (1940)
- The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
- Sundown (1941)
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
- China Girl (1942)
- Home in Indiana (1944)
- Wing and a Prayer (1944)
- Nob Hill (1945)
- The House on 92nd Street (1945)
- The Dark Corner (1946)
- 13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
- Kiss of Death (1947)
- Call Northside 777 (1948)
- Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
- The Black Rose (1950)
- You're in the Navy Now (1951)
- Fourteen Hours (1951)
- Rawhide (1951)
- The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
- Diplomatic Courier (1952)
- O. Henry's Full House (1952)
- Niagara (1953)
- White Witch Doctor (1953)
- Prince Valiant (1954)
- Garden of Evil (1954)
- The Racers (1955)
- The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
- 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
- Legend of the Lost (1957)
- From Hell to Texas (1958)
- Woman Obsessed (1959)
- Seven Thieves (1960)
- North to Alaska (1960)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- Circus World (1964)
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
- Nevada Smith (1966)
- The Last Safari (1967)
- 5 Card Stud (1968)
- True Grit (1969)
- Raid on Rommel (1971)
- Shoot Out (1971)
- Hangup (1974)
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