John wayne dancing the jitterbug
Here is ol' John "twinkle-toes" Wayne spanking the planks!!...
'The Hollywood Reporter' reported a number of location filming sites used in the movie.
I love this scene so much.
These included Camp Huemene, Santa Barbara, California; Camp Endicott, Davisville / North Kingstown, Rhode Island where the parade ground marching scenes were filmed; Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Southern Califonia; as well as another military camp in Virginia.
George Reeves was originally going to co-star alongside John Wayne in this movie, so reported 'The Hollywood Reporter'. Like Susan Hayward in this film, Reeves was going to be loaned by studio Paramount Pictures to the Republic Pictures studio.
However, the Army Air Corps drafted Reeves and as such he couldn't appear in this movie.
Roy Barcroft, a Republic stalwart, appears in this film as one of the Seabees.
The picture also shows one of the rare instances of Wayne dancing, doing the jitterbug with an acrobatic partner.No effort was made to give him a "character" name, they simply referred to him using his real name, "Barcroft".
Joe Brooks' film debut.
An edition of 'The Hollywood Reporter' in July 1943 announced