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The Fighting Seabees. The Fighting Seabees is a 1944 American war film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. The supporting cast includes Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinsky, Addison Richards and Grant Withers. [4] The Fighting Seabees portrays a heavily fictionalized account of the dilemma that led to ...
2.429,684 admissions (France) [ 1 ] $1 million (US rentals) [ 2 ] The Fighting Sullivans, originally released as The Sullivans, is a 1944 American biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr., and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for a now-discontinued Academy Award for Best Story.
During the 1940s and early 1950s, Wayne starred in Dark Command (1940), Reap the Wild Wind (1942), Wake of the Red Witch (1948), Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Rio Grande (1950), and Red River (1948). Some of his more notable war movies include Flying Tigers (1942), The Fighting Seabees (1944), They Were Expendable (1945 ...
In Old Oklahoma (reissued as War of the Wildcats) is a 1943 American Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell starring John Wayne and Martha Scott. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and the other for Sound Recording (Daniel J. Bloomberg). [2] The supporting cast features George ...
Years active. 1944–1986. Spouse. Betty Jean Davis. John Joseph Brooks Jr. (December 14, 1923 – December 5, 2007) was an American character actor, best known for portraying Trooper Vanderbilt, the near-sighted soldier, in F Troop. [1][2] He was born and died in Los Angeles, and began his acting career after graduating from high school; he ...
1944 Juan Morales: Joseph Kane — Republic Pictures Roy Rogers [53] The Fighting Seabees: 1944 Juan Edward Ludwig: Albert J. Cohen Republic Pictures John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley [54] Call of the South Seas: 1944 Charcot John English: Walter H. Goetz Republic Pictures Allan Lane, Janet Martin [55] Around the World ...
Kinskey was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He started his career as a mime in various imperial theatres in Russia in the mid-1910s. [5] In 1921, he fled Russia for Germany. [3] He acted on stage in Europe and South America before arriving in New York City from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in January 1924. He joined the road production of Al Jolson ...
3rd Marine Division, 2nd Raider's sign on Bougainville. When World War II broke out the United States Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees) did not exist. The logistics of a two theater war were daunting to conceive. Rear Admiral Moreell completely understood the issues. What needed to be done was build staging bases to take the war to the ...