Les cadets de la mer

Original title: Navy Blue and Gold

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6.5/10

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James Stewart, Robert Young, and Florence Rice in Les cadets de la mer (1937)

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Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.Three young men, with a common fondness for football, become roommates the at United States Naval Academy where they experience its rules and traditions.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

727

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 4 wins total

Trivia
Lionel Barrymore walked with two canes in this film. He suffered from arthritis since at least 1928, but his incapacity in this and later films was due to a broken hip. He first broke the hip in 1936 when a drawing table fell on it, then broke it again early in 1937 when he tripped over a cable while filming Saratoga (1937). He reportedly also broke a kneecap in that fall. The hip never healed and he would later be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

Goofs
Near the end of the climactic Army-Navy game, Navy scores a touchdown and extra point to tie the score at 7 late in the game. The next scene has Army then kicking off to Navy. This is, of course, incorrect as Navy would be kicking to Army following the score.

Connections
Featured in Great Performances: James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)

Soundtracks
Anchors Aweigh
(uncredited)
Written by Charles A. Zimmerman, Alfred Hart Miles and R. Lovell
Played often as part of the score

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Featured review

7/10

"I'd like to graduate someplace where the school isn't a small cow barn attached to a concrete football stadium."

Three young men (James Stewart, Robert Young, Tom Brown) who enter the Naval Academy became fast friends. Each one is a different clichéd character. Brown's the naive kid, Young's the cynical tough guy, Stewart's the nice one with a mystery. Brown and Stewart play to type well but Young steals the show as the hard case with a hidden heart of gold. We follow the ups and downs of each of these men at the academy, leading up to the big Army-Navy football game that they all play in.

There's nothing really new here, even for 1937, but it's undeniably enjoyable due to the generally upbeat tempo and likable leads. Nice supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore, Billie Burke, Florence Rice, and Samuel S. Hinds. Dennis Morgan has a cute scene dancing with Burke. Sentimental, patriotic, and fun movie. Really hard to dislike this one.