Leathernecking
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Leathernecking |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1930 |
| length | 80 minutes |
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| Director | Edward F. Cline |
| script | Alfred Jackson , Jane Murfin |
| production | William LeBaron for RKO |
| music | Victor Braville |
| camera | J. Roy Hunt |
| cut | George Marsh |
| occupation | |
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Leathernecking is a 1930 film musical in which Irene Dunne makes her screen debut. The film is based on the play Present Arms by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart . Today there are no more copies of Leathernecking .
action
The young recruit Chick Evans is stationed with the US Navy in Honolulu . One evening he steals his captain's dress uniform and thus gains access to a company. There he falls in love with the Delphine Witherspoon. Later, the two retire to the Witherspoon yacht. A storm comes up and capsizes the boat. Dolphins and Chick find themselves on a tropical island. Barely rescued, Delphine realizes how much she loves Chick.
background
Irene Dunne came to Hollywood in early 1930 with a contract with the newly founded film company RKO . She had some experience as a singer, most recently at a Show Boat performance in Chicago. The studio saw a talented vocalist in Dunne and made her debut in the film adaptation of Present Arms , a musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart from 1928. With the advent of talkies , the musical genre was one of the most profitable innovations. At the same time, the oversupply of partly second and third class productions led to a rapid oversaturation of the market as early as the beginning of 1930. Sun has also Leathernecking after the premiere only a modest success at the box office. The studio planned to immediately use Dunne in the film adaptation of Victor Herbert's operetta Babes in Toyland alongside the popular comedian duo Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey and Edna May Oliver . However, the general apathy of the audience towards music films led to the preparations being abandoned. Irene Dunne instead appeared in Cimarron and made her breakthrough as a star in this dramatic role.
There are no more copies of Leathernecking today .
Songs
In the course of the plot the following songs were interpreted:
- " You Took Advantage of Me "
- "A Kiss for Cinderella"
- "All My Life"
- "Careless Kisses"
- "Evening Star"
- "Brightly Nice And So Peculiar"
- "Shake It Off and Smile"