- Salute (film)
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name = Salute
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director = David ButlerJohn Ford
producer = John Ford
writer = James Kevin McGuinness
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starring = George O'BrienHelen Chandler
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cinematography = Joseph H. August
editing = Alex Troffey
distributor = Fox Film Corporation
released =1 September 1929
runtime = 84 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0020359"Salute" is a
1929 in film motion picture directed byJohn Ford , starring George O’Brien,Helen Chandler , William Janney,Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Perry), andFrank Albertson about the football rivalry of theArmy-Navy Game .John Wayne had an uncredited role in the film, as one of three midshipmen who perform a mild hazing. The film was partly filmed on location at Annapolis Naval Academy. The comic relief character played by Fetchit was common for the era, but would be considered quite racist and degrading by today’s standards.Cast
*George O'Brien as Cadet John Randall
*Helen Chandler as Nancy Wayne
*William Janney as Midshipman Paul Randall
*Stepin Fetchit as Smoke Screen
*Frank Albertson as Brian Midshipman Albert Edward Price
*Ward Bond as Midshipman Harold
*John Wayne as (uncredited) Midshipman Billee also
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John Wayne filmography (1926-1940) External links
*imdb title|id=0020359|title=Salute
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=108757| New York Times]
* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/49296| BFI]
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