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True to the Navy

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  • 1h 19m
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6.4/10
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Clara Bow in True to the Navy (1930)
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  • Comedy
  • Romance
A countergirl at a San Diego soda shop has a lot of sailor "boyfriends," but her heart really belongs to a free-spirited gunner, who doesn't want to be tied down to any one woman.A countergirl at a San Diego soda shop has a lot of sailor "boyfriends," but her heart really belongs to a free-spirited gunner, who doesn't want to be tied down to any one woman.A countergirl at a San Diego soda shop has a lot of sailor "boyfriends," but her heart really belongs to a free-spirited gunner, who doesn't want to be tied down to any one woman.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
139
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  • Director
    • Frank Tuttle
  • Writers
    • Keene Thompson(original screenplay)
    • Doris Anderson(original screenplay)
    • Herman J. Mankiewicz(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Clara Bow
    • Fredric March
    • Harry Green
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  • Director
    • Frank Tuttle
  • Writers
    • Keene Thompson(original screenplay)
    • Doris Anderson(original screenplay)
    • Herman J. Mankiewicz(dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Clara Bow
    • Fredric March
    • Harry Green
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    • 7User reviews
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    Clara Bow, Ray Cooke, and Eddie Dunn in True to the Navy (1930)
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    Clara Bow and Fredric March in True to the Navy (1930)
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    Clara Bow and Fredric March in True to the Navy (1930)
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    Clara Bow and Fredric March in True to the Navy (1930)
    Clara Bow, Harry Green, and Adele Windsor in True to the Navy (1930)

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    Clara Bow
    Clara Bow
    • Ruby Nolanas Ruby Nolan
    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Bull's Eye McCoyas Bull's Eye McCoy
    Harry Green
    Harry Green
    • Solomon Bimbergas Solomon Bimberg
    Rex Bell
    Rex Bell
    • Eddieas Eddie
    Eddie Fetherston
    • Michaelas Michael
    Eddie Dunn
    Eddie Dunn
    • Albertas Albert
    Ray Cooke
    Ray Cooke
    • Peeweeas Peewee
    Harry Sweet
    Harry Sweet
    • Artieas Artie
    Adele Windsor
    • Maizieas Maizie
    Sam Hardy
    Sam Hardy
    • Bradyas Brady
    Jed Prouty
    Jed Prouty
    • Dance Hall Manageras Dance Hall Manager
    Louise Beavers
    Louise Beavers
    • Maidas Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Maurice Black
    Maurice Black
    • Sharpieas Sharpie
    • (uncredited)
    Frances Dee
    Frances Dee
    • Girl at Tableas Girl at Table
    • (uncredited)
    Pat Moriarity
    • Sailoras Sailor
    • (uncredited)
    Guy Oliver
    Guy Oliver
    • Watch Customeras Watch Customer
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Sullivan
    Charles Sullivan
    • Shore Patrolmanas Shore Patrolman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Frank Tuttle
    • Writers
      • Keene Thompson(original screenplay)
      • Doris Anderson(original screenplay)
      • Herman J. Mankiewicz(dialogue)
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    While sailors are know far and wide as having a girl in every port, all of the sailors in the Pacific Fleet appear to have the same girl when in their home-port of San Diego; Miss Ruby Nolan, a counter-girl in a San Diego drugstore. She, in turn, is interested only in the stiff-as-a-board gunners-mate "Bull's-Eye" McCoy, who is not interested in her. She sets about to change his mind. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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    • drugstore
    • yiddish
    • u.s. pacific fleet
    • u.s. navy
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      • BRING on the GOBS! (original poster)
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      • Action
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    • Trivia
      One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
    • Connections
      Featured in Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Believe It or Not, I Lost My Man
      Written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Abel Baer

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    True to Clara
    I saw a pristine print of this at Bay City, and was so blown away by Clara Bow that I just had to find a copy for myself. There was only one thing standing in my way, no one had one. What we saw in Bay City was the rare silent version released to houses not yet wired for sound at that time. What I located for home viewing was a very scratchy, dark copy of the talkie, complete with a song Clara belts out to Louise Beavers (though why a soda clerk should have a maid to sing to in the first place might be discussed in Social Sciences). At first you might think he was miscast as a tough, champion marksman "gob," but Fredric March is quite understandably marvelous in both versions; he's just as good silent as he is talking, and he and Bow prove a very important transitional match. I'm sure exposure in a Bow picture shot him to the front rank, and a teaming with one of the best of the new imports from New York (also teamed in the earlier THE WILD PARTY) must have been a strong influence on the proceedings. Overall a very appropriate tale of a gal who dates dozens at once, the dozens set out to humiliate her. Who knew the set-up guy (March) would actually fall for the randy miss (Bow)? The supporting sailors are around a good deal of the time, but seem to be utilized to better advantage in the silent version, the talking version being rather influenced by the comedic support of Harry Green, who's trade-mark fractured English is obviously more effective. While I lament that the perfect visual of the silent version had a great deal to do with the entertainment value of TRUE TO THE NAVY, this does not make the existing talkie a wash-out by comparison, just not as good. Clara's famous husband, the remarkably good-looking (no, this man was stunning, if you can buy that) Rex Bell has a brief scene as one of Clara's many suitors; Jed Prouty turns up as a dance-hall proprietor, and there is a very brief glimpse of young Frances Dee. Clara's partner behind the counter, one Adele Windsor, does a nice if brief job snapping back at the many suitors and sailors, but in reality her career and life were cut short not long after this picture was made.
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    • Feb 28, 2002

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kär i hela flottan
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.20 : 1

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