Stars and Stripes Forever (film)

Stars and Stripes Forever is a 1952 American biographical film about late19thearly20thcentury composer John Philip Sousa, played by Clifton Webb. Sousa is best known for his military marches, of which The Stars and Stripes Forever is arguably the best known.

In the 1890s, Sergeant Major John Philip Sousa, the director of the United States Marine Band, leaves the Marine Corps after his enlistment expires to form his own band because he is not paid enough to provide for his wife Jennie Ruth Hussey and their children. As a favor for his splendid service, he is allowed to take along Private Willie Little Robert Wagner, who is credited with designing the Sousaphone and naming it after his mentor in real life, Sousa himself designed the instrument.Willie persuades Sousa to go with him to a concert where some of Sousas songs will be performed. In fact, it is a music hall, where Willies girlfriend, Lily Becker Debra Paget, is one of the performers. When the police raid the place for indecency by 1890s standards, the trio barely manage to get away. ........

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