| What Price Glory | |
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&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:What_Price_Glory-1952-poster.jpg) 1952 Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | John Ford |
| Screenplay by | Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron |
| Based on | What Price Glory? 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson Laurence Stallings |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | James Cagney Corinne Calvet Dan Dailey |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English French |
| Box office | $2 million (US rentals)[1][2] |
What Price Glory is a 1952 American Technicolor war film based on a 1924 play by Maxwell Anderson and Laurence Stallings,[3] though it used virtually none of Anderson's dialogue.[4] Originally intended as a musical, it was filmed as a straight comedy-drama, directed by John Ford and released by 20th Century Fox on August 22, 1952, in the U.S. The screenplay was written by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, and stars James Cagney and Dan Dailey as US Marines in World War I.
- ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p224
- ^ Arthur Gewirtz, James J. Kolb (2004). Art, Glitter, and Glitz: Mainstream Playwrights and Popular Theatre in 1920s America. Praeger/GreenwoodPlays. ISBN 0313324670.
- ^ "What Price Glory: Trivia". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 1, 2014.