Here Comes the Navy (1934)

A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.

Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Gloria Stuart, Frank McHugh, Dorothy Tree, Robert Barrat, Willard Robertson, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Howard C. Hickman, Maude Eburne, George Irving, Eddie Acuff, James P. Burtis, Eddy Chandler, Nick Copeland, Joseph Crehan, Ida Darling, Edward Earle, Bill Elliott, Eddie Fetherston, C. Hamilton, Milton Kibbee, Frank LaRue, Lorena Layson, George Magrill, Frank Marlowe, Sam McDaniel, Martha Merrill, Henry Otho, Cliff Saum




First of all, tell Mr. Guttman to spell Ms. Stuart's name correctly. At any rate, she was around the water in "Here Comes the Navy" and in it in "Titanic."

But the Navy pic is fun thanks mostly to part of WB's team of Irishers. Cagney, O'Brien, McHugh all provided plenty of enjoyment in that decade.

As has been pointed out, "Here Comes the Navy" is fascinating history. You get a chill when you realize the Arizona was the ship sunk at Pearl Harbor, and when you realize that the Macon was a history maker.

The (all white) Navy was very well represented in this flick, but its raison d'etre for it was just what the moviegoers of that time expected

sharp, crackling dialog between Cagney and O'Brien. It is Cagney's


pic. No one can upstage that ball of fire.

So, if you want to have fun, enjoy some nostalgia, get involved with some history, get your paws on "Here Comes the Navy."

I'm an old Army man but, anchors aweigh. A couple tons, I imagine.

~ froberts73

Extras:
- Trailer

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