Story of movie So Proudly We Hail! : So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 American war film directed and produced by Mark Sandrich and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard – who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance – and Veronica Lake. Also featuring George Reeves, it was produced and released by Paramount Pictures.
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| Directed by | Mark Sandrich |
| Produced by | Mark Sandrich |
| Written by | Allan Scott |
| Starring | Claudette Colbert Paulette Goddard Veronica Lake |
| Music by | Edward Heyman Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Edited by | Ellsworth Hoagland |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3 million (US rentals) |
The film follows a group of military nurses sent to the Philippines during the early days of World War II. The movie was based on a book written by Lieutenant Colonel Juanita Hipps, a World War II nurse – one of the "Angels of Bataan" – who served in Bataan and Corregidor during the time when McArthur withdrew to Australia which ultimately led to the surrender of US and Philippine troops to Japanese forces. Those prisoners of war were subjected to the infamous Bataan Death March. The film was also based, in part, on Hipps' memoir I Served On Bataan.
Screenplay
The story covers many day-to-day events and contrasts the brutality of war against the sometimes futile efforts of the nurses to provide medical aid and comfort. Each of the nurses has a past or present love story with a soldier. Flashback narration and a sequence where the nurses and injured soldiers are stranded in Malinta Tunnel pinned down by aircraft fire are two notable aspects of the film.
The movie was very timely, since the battles for Bataan and Corregidor, as well as MacArthur's dramatic escape from the Philippines, were fresh in the memories of every American. Although the love-story plot line is the primary thrust of the film, the difficulties and emotional toll of war are also shown.
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The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:
- 2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – Nominated
So Proudly We Hail was adapted for The Lux Radio Theatre on November 1, 1943 with Colbert, Goddard, and Lake reprising their original roles.
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards:
- Best Supporting Actress (Paulette Goddard)
- Best Cinematography
- Best Visual Effects (Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings, George Dutton)
- Best Original Screenplay
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