--- title: 'Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)' type: 'film' director: 'Henry Koster' released: '1952-01-01' runtime_minutes: 90 genres: - 'History' - 'Music' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/stars-and-stripes-forever-1952' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045187/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Stars and Stripes Forever (1952) 1952 · 90 min · History, Music · United States ## Synopsis Stars and Stripes Forever is a 1952 American musical biographical film directed by Henry Koster, based on the life of composer and band leader John Philip Sousa. The film was produced by Lamar Trotti, distributed by 20th Century Fox, was filmed in Technicolor. It stars Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, and Ruth Hussey. The film's title is taken from Sousa's 1896 composition "The Stars and Stripes Forever", which has become the best known of his military marches. The film was released twenty years after Sousa's death. It received generally positive reviews. ## Credits - **Director:** [Henry Koster](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-koster) - **Screenplay:** [Lamar Trotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-trotti) - **Producer:** [Lamar Trotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamar-trotti) - **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman) - **Director of Photography:** [Charles G. Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-g-clarke) - **Editor:** [James B. Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-b-clark) ## Cast - [Debra Paget](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-paget) - [Robert Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wagner) - [Ruth Hussey](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruth-hussey) - [Finlay Currie](https://cinepixo.com/people/finlay-currie) - [Clifton Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifton-webb) - [George Chakiris](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-chakiris) - [Aladdin](https://cinepixo.com/people/aladdin) - [Florence Shirley](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-shirley) as Navy Nurse ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/stars-and-stripes-forever-1952 Film facts: Wikidata (Q952168); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.