SALUTE

DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD and DAVID BUTLER
PRODUCED BY JOHN FORD
FOX FILM CORPORATION

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INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
John Randall is an Army cadet at West Point.
His younger brother Paul is a midshipman at the Naval Academy.
John contrives to help Paul's timid romantic interest
in Nancy Wayne by pretending to be interested in her himself.
Paul, however, takes offense, and determines to beat
his brother in the Army-Navy football game on purely personal grounds.
Meanwhile, Paul and fellow midshipman Albert Price
are hazed and tormented by upperclassmen.
Summary written by Jim Beaver

Full Cast
George O'Brien .... Cadet John Randall
Helen Chandler .... Nancy Wayne
William Janney .... Midshipman Paul Randall
Stepin Fetchit .... Smoke Screen
Frank Albertson .... Midshipman Albert Edward Price
Joyce Compton .... Marian Wilson
David Butler .... Navy Coach
Lumsden Hare .... RAdm. John Randall
Clifford Dempsey .... Maj. Gen. Somers
Ward Bond .... Midshipman Harold
Rex Bell .... Cadet (uncredited)
John Breeden .... Midshipman (uncredited)
Ben Hall .... Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
Jack Pennick .... Football player (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook .... Assistant Navy coach (uncredited)
Lee Tracy .... Radio announcer (uncredited)
John Wayne .... Bill (midshipman) (uncredited)

Writing Credits
James Kevin McGuinness dialogue
Wilbur Morse Jr. titles (uncredited)
John Stone
Tristram Tupper story

Produced
John Ford

Cinematography
Joseph H. August

Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Wayne .... costumer: Mr. Fetchit (uncredited)

Other crew
William Fox .... presenter
Schuyler E. Grey .... technical advisor (uncredited)

Filming Location
U.S. Naval Academy - 121 Blake Road, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

Hi,
Salute, is very significant as it is the the 1st. Film that Duke spoke in!
A George O'Brien film, Duke is uncredited, but plays a walk on role as Bill, a midshipsman.
John Ford used both Duke, and Wardell Bond, which dealt with the rivalry, between Army and Navy football teams.
John Ford, invited Duke to recruit ballplayers from USC, for the action sequences.
Ford, had them all assembled, and wanted a couple of walk-ons,
They were both perfectly natural....
So we needed a couple of fellows to speak some* lines,
I picked them out, and they ended up with parts.
Said Ford.

The three men became drinking partners, and established a relationship,
that was to last a lifetime.
Dan Ford, maintained,
I think my granddad, liked* John Wayne and Ward Bond,
because they stood up to him, from the start.
The younger men also made John Ford, feel like one of the boys,
which flattered him, since his private life, left much to be desired.
Ward Bond was singled out for his performance,
but no reviewers noticed Duke's performance,
and so he continued propping for FOX, with the occasional stunt or double job.
However, his time was to come.
Author: marc from New York NY from IMdb
Bad performances by George O Brien and William Janney
as rival brothers who end up playing the big Army-Navy football game
against each other. Steppin Fetchit is given a lot of screen time
and his performance is embarrassing and racist by today's standards,
but he might make you smile occasionally
even while you wince;he is very charismatic.
John Wayne has a few brief scenes as one of a trio of cadets
who haze(very mildly) the hero.
The best parts of the movie are the unusually crisp location
filming of the real Annapolis circa 1929.
The big football game is unexciting and has no surprises.
There is one good performance by Frank Albertson
whose spirited portrayal of the callow roommate who talks back to his C.O.
is the film's highlight.No real John Ford touches in this programmer.
Well apart from the quote, above if anyone has seen of or has this film,
please let's here your comments.

Variety called it,
The best picture of its kind to date.
The film concluded with the big game, edited together,
with Fox Movietone Newsreel.
It was Fox's best money spinner of the year
The film was a critical and financial success,
and truly significant one for Duke Morrison and Wardell Bond!!

howdy partners would like to know what the forum makes of this movie i believe this to be a minor classic and shows just how well jw and ward bond got on also showd to me dispite it being a minor role just how well he could act :hyper:

Hello mark hutchings. I wish I could tell you what I think, but sadly I have never seen this film. I've never seen it anywhere. I would like to, just to see Duke's first speaking part. If they ever do release it on DVD, I will get it.

Mark

hi i got a copy on ebay which is why i asked what people thought of it .also check out maker of men another role from jw but never the less not a bad movie:teeth_smile:

Hi keith
some pics and screen captures from Salute