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Jun 15, 2018 · Although the expression has the succinctness of a Latin aphorism, the exact collocation of what price glory? does not occur in English until the play by that name hit Broadway in 1924.
Originally intended as a musical, it was filmed as a straight comedy-drama, directed by John Ford and released by 20th Century Fox on August 22, 1952, in the U.S. The screenplay was written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, and stars James Cagney and Dan Dailey as US Marines in World War I.
Feb 21, 2011 · However, according to The Yale Literary Magazine (1925) it all began with the 1924 Broadway comedy-drama play, What Price Glory?, which was made into a silent movie two years later. "WHAT PRICE GLORY?", I suppose, started it and set the idiom. And then came the long string. . .
Overview. Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top sergeant. And when a local beauty comes between them, their rivalry escalates even further.
WHAT PRICE GLORY (1952) USA, colour, 106m. Directed by John Ford. Inspired by a 1924 Smash Hit Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson and Lawrence Stallings, that was made as a 1926 silent film by Raoul Walsh. This World War I film has Jimmy Cagney, Dan Dailey and Corinne Calvet in the middle.
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What Price Glory is a 1952 American Technicolor war film based on a 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings, though it used virtually none of Anderson's dialogue. Originally intended as a musical, it was filmed as a straight comedy-drama, directed by John Ford and released by 20th Century Fox on August 22, 1952, in the U.S.
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What Price Glory: Directed by John Ford. With James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey, William Demarest. The wartime romantic misadventures of Captain Flagg, commander of a company of US Marines in 1918 France.
