Salute (1929)
- Starring:
- George O'Brien, William Janney, (more)
- Director(s):
- John Ford, David Butler, (more)
Synopsis of Salute
One of the few pre-1930 John Ford films currently available, the part-talkie Salute was co-directed by Ford and David Butler. George O'Brien is cast as cadet John Randall, star player for the Army college football team. His principal gridiron opponent is Navy player Paul Randall (William Janney), his own kid brother. In the days before the big Army-Navy game, John and Paul's sibling rivalry intensifies as both pay court to pretty Nancy Wayne (Helen Chandler). The film concludes with the inevitable Big Game, an expert blend of newly shot scenes and Fox Movietone newsreel footage. Stepin Fetchit, a Ford favorite, goes through his usual bizarrely racist routines as the hero's valet. The entire University of Southern California football team appears in Salute, including two strapping young players named John Wayne and Ward Bond. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Salute
- George O'Brien - Cadet John Randall
- Frank Albertson - Midshipman Albert Edward Price
- Helen Chandler - Nancy Wayne
- Clifford Dempsey - Maj. Gen. Somers
- Stepin Fetchit - Smoke Screen
- David Butler - Navy Coach
- Lee Tracy - Announcer
- John Wayne - Midshipman
- William Janney - Midshipman Frank Randall
- Ward Bond - Midshipman
- Joyce Compton - Marion Wilson
- Lumsden Hare - Rear Admiral Randall
- Rex Bell - Cadet
- John Breeden - Midshipman
- Jack Pennick
- Director(s):
- John Ford, David Butler
- Writer(s):
- John Stone, James K. McGuinness
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