True to the Navy | |
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Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
Written by | Keene Thompson Doris Anderson Herman J. Mankiewicz |
Starring | Clara Bow Fredric March Stanley "Tiny" Morner Rex Bell |
Cinematography | Victor Milner |
Edited by | Doris Drought |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
True to the Navy is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle for Paramount Pictures. [1] The film stars Clara Bow as a counter girl at a San Diego drugstore with a predilection for sailors. Eventually, she sets her sights on Bull's Eye McCoy (Fredric March), a stiff-necked gunner's mate.
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Allmovie wrote, "the spectacle of distinguished actor Frederic March in sailor togs, chewing gum and dispensing sez-you dialogue, is worth the admission price in itself"; [2] while The New York Times noted, "it is a moderately deserting Summer-weather film, which succeeded in eliciting a good deal of laughter at its showing yesterday." [3]