So Proudly We Hail!

US (1943): War/Drama

Paramount's reigning divas, Claudette Colbert, Veronica Lake, and Paulette Goddard, appear in unglamorous roles as three nurses who survive the most brutal Pacific-theater battles of WW II. Director Mark Sandrich accentuates the danger and hard conditions as he depicts the courage and the daily routines of women who worked at the front.

This novel approach made a big impact on the homefront audiences used to seeing glossy renditions of wartime romance. This also displayed Lake's new, short hairdo, ordered by the War Department to prevent female war workers from catching their long, Lake-like tresses in factory machinery. Supporting cast includes George Reeves, Barbara Britton, Walter Abel and Sonny Tufts. (amctv.com)

 Use this link to view the original theatrical trailer for So Proudly We Hail! on TCM.com.

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