So Proudly We Hail!
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Writer Allan Scott Language English | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance, War Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date June 22, 1943 (1943-06-22) Cast (Lt. Janet 'Davy' Davidson), (Lt. Joan O'Doul), (Lt. Olivia D'Arcy), (Lt. John Summers), (Lt. Rosemary Larson), (Chaplain) Similar movies Ant-Man , Terminator Salvation , The Age of Adaline , Pearl Harbor , Mrs. Doubtfire , The Pursuit of Happyness Tagline The first great Love Story of our women at the fighting front! |
So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 American film directed and produced by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard – who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance – and Veronica Lake. Also featuring George Reeves, it was produced and released by Paramount Pictures.
Contents

The film follows a group of military nurses sent to the Philippines during the early days of World War II. The movie was based on a book written by nurse Juanita Hipps a World War II nurse – one of the "Angels of Bataan" – who served in Bataan and Corregidor during the time when McArthur withdrew to Australia which ultimately led to the surrender of US and Philippine troops to Japan. Those prisoners of war were subjected to the infamous Bataan Death March. The film was based, in part, on Lieutenant Colonel Hipps' memoir I Served On Bataan.

Plot

The story covers many day-to-day events and contrasts the brutality of war against the sometimes futile efforts of the nurses to provide medical aid and comfort. Each of the nurses has a past or present love story with a soldier, with the longest-term one between the characters played by Colbert and George Reeves. Flashback narration and a sequence where the nurses and injured soldiers are stranded in Malinta Tunnel pinned down by aircraft fire are two notable aspects of the film.

The movie was very timely, since the battles for Bataan and Corregidor, as well as MacArthur's dramatic escape from the Philippines, were fresh in the memories of every American. Although the love-story plot line is the primary thrust of the film, the difficulties and emotional toll of war are also shown.
Accolades

The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

Adaptations
So Proudly We Hail was adapted for The Lux Radio Theatre on November 1, 1943 with Colbert, Goddard and Lake reprising their original roles.
Awards
The film was nominated for four Academy Awards:
References
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