Salute (1929 film)

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Salute
Salute ad in The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1929 (page 1440 crop).jpg
Directed byDavid Butler
John Ford
Written byJames Kevin McGuinness
Produced byJohn Ford
StarringGeorge O'Brien
Helen Chandler
Stepin Fetchit
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Edited byAlex Troffey
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • September 1, 1929 (1929-09-01)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Salute is a 1929 drama film directed by John Ford and starring George O'Brien, Helen Chandler, William Janney, Stepin Fetchit, and Frank Albertson. It is about the football rivalry of the Army–Navy Game, and two brothers, played by O'Brien and Janney, one of West Point, the other of Annapolis. 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 the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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 Midshipman Albert Edward Price
  • Ward Bond as Midshipman Harold
  • John Wayne as (uncredited) Midshipman Bill
  • Joyce Compton as Marian Wilson

See also[]

  • John Wayne filmography

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