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Stars and Stripes Forever (film)
1952 American biographical film directed by Henry Koster
Stars and Stripes Forever is a 1952 American Technicolorfilm biography of the late-19th-/early-20th-century composer and band leader John Philip Sousa.
This 20th Century Foxfeature was produced by Lamar Trotti, directed by Henry Koster, and stars Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, and Ruth Hussey. The film's title is taken from Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever", which has become the best known of his military marches.[2] The film was released twenty years after Sousa's death.
While the film's storyline is loosely based on Sousa's autobiography Marching Along, the film takes considerable liberties and dramatic license, often expanding and examining themes and passages from Sousa's book. Two examples: In the film, Private Willie Little (Robert Wagner), is credited with inventing the Sousaphone and naming it after his mentor, but in reality, James Welsh Pepper de