The Fighting Seabees (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Edward Ludwig |
| Producer(s) | |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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The Fighting Seabees (1944) was a Action - Drama Film directed by Edward Ludwig .
Academy Awards 1944 --- Ceremony Number 17 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Walter Scharf, Roy Webb | Nominated |
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The words to the fun song, the "Song of the Seabees" (Music by 'Peter de Rose' and Lyrics by Sam Lewis) heard in the movie go like this:"We're the Seabees of the Navy -We can build and we can fight -We'll pave the way to victory -And guard it day and night -And we promise that we remember -The 'Seventh of December' ....."We're the Seabees of the Navy -Bees of the Seven Seas" ....."The Navy wanted men -That's where we came in -Mister Brown and Mister Jones -The Owens, the Cohens and Flynn -The Navy wanted more -Of Uncle Sammy's kin -So we all joined up -And brother we're in to win!"
One of the rare times we see John Wayne dancing. He performs the "Jitterbug" with a blonde girl in the night club scene.
Roy Barcroft, a Republic stalwart, appears in this film as one of the Seabees. No effort was made to give him a "character" name, they simply referred to him using his real name, "Barcroft".
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One of the rare times we see John Wayne dancing. He performs the "Jitterbug" with a blonde girl in the night club scene.
Roy Barcroft, a Republic stalwart, appears in this film as one of the Seabees. No effort was made to give him a "character" name, they simply referred to him using his real name, "Barcroft".
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