The Marines Are Here (1938)
60-62 mins | Comedy-drama | 8 June 1938
Cast:
Gordon Oliver, June Travis, Ray Walker [ More ]Director:
Phil RosenWriters:
Jack Knapp, J. Benton CheneyProducer:
Scott R. DunlapCinematographer:
Gilbert WarrentonEditor:
Russell SchoengarthProduction Company:
Monogram Pictures Corp.The DV review and a HR production chart from 11 Apr 1938 credit Jack Knapp, J. Benton Cheney and Scott Darling with the screenplay and Frank Adreon, Jr. with the story, while the reviews in FD and Var list only Knapp and Cheney for the screenplay and Parsons and Logue for the original story. SAB records for the film indicate that the onscreen credits listed Knapp and Cheney for the screenplay and Edwin C. Parsons and Charles Logue for the original story. Darling is credited with contribution to the dialogue, but according to SAB was not mentioned in the onscreen credits. A news item in HR on 15 Mar 1937 noted that Monogram had just bought an original story from Adreon, which was to be scripted by Parsons and produced by Ken Goldsmith. A 16 Sep 1937 news item in HR noted that Harold Tarshis was to do the dialogue for Parsons' script and that Howard Bretherton was to ... More Less
The DV review and a HR production chart from 11 Apr 1938 credit Jack Knapp, J. Benton Cheney and Scott Darling with the screenplay and Frank Adreon, Jr. with the story, while the reviews in FD and Var list only Knapp and Cheney for the screenplay and Parsons and Logue for the original story. SAB records for the film indicate that the onscreen credits listed Knapp and Cheney for the screenplay and Edwin C. Parsons and Charles Logue for the original story. Darling is credited with contribution to the dialogue, but according to SAB was not mentioned in the onscreen credits. A news item in HR on 15 Mar 1937 noted that Monogram had just bought an original story from Adreon, which was to be scripted by Parsons and produced by Ken Goldsmith. A 16 Sep 1937 news item in HR noted that Harold Tarshis was to do the dialogue for Parsons' script and that Howard Bretherton was to direct. More Less
Terry and her nephew Tommy are shipped from Manila to China after Terry's brother, an army officer, is killed there. Jones, a marine who is frequently in trouble, is sent to meet her and falls in love, but Terry and the hero-worshipping Tommy become disenchanted with Jones when he is thrown in the brig after breaking another service rule. He regains her respect, as well as Tommy's, though, when he and his pal Hogan become heroes during a military ... + −
Terry and her nephew Tommy are shipped from Manila to China after Terry's brother, an army officer, is killed there. Jones, a marine who is frequently in trouble, is sent to meet her and falls in love, but Terry and the hero-worshipping Tommy become disenchanted with Jones when he is thrown in the brig after breaking another service rule. He regains her respect, as well as Tommy's, though, when he and his pal Hogan become heroes during a military action. + −
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