Ronald Reagan: This Is the Army/Santa Fe Trail [DVD]

Features

• Type: DVD
• Studio: Platinum Disc
• Language(s): english

Region Free Play in Any Country This is the Army Starring: Ronald Regan This splashy, star-studded film is based on the Irving Berlin Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was a reworking of Berlin's WWI 'barracks musical' Yip Yip Yaphank and honors the patriotic efforts of American soldiers during World Wars I and II. All the money raised from this film and the original stage production was donated to the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Warner Bros. waived its right to all profits. Many of the people who worked on the film gave their services for free. Original Year 1940 Running Time: 110 minutes Presented in: Black & White Rating: NR Santa Fe Trail Starring: Errol Flynn, Ronald Regan and Olivia de Havilland Errol Flynn, Ronald Regan and Olivia de Havilland star in this lofty western about Cavalry officers responsible for capturing abolitionist John Brown. As punishment for fighting fellow chassmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are given a treacherous mission. Assigned to Fort Levenworth (a.k.a. "bloody Kansas territory"), where abolitionist John Brown and his posse of sharp-shooting crusaders have camped out. Original Year: 1943 Running Time: 114 minutes Presented in:Technicolor Rating: NR