USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - Stars and Stripes Forever

Stars and Stripes Forever

Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Stars and Stripes Forever -- Episodic story of John Philip Sousa (Clifton Webb) from his years conducting the U.S. Marine Corps band to his success as a music composer whose rousing marches make the Sousa Band an international favorite. Directed by Henry Koster, the late 19th-century era is as interesting as the characters, with Webb's stiff yet likeable performance ably abetted by Ruth Hussey as his bemused wife, but it's Sousa's irresistably upbeat music which paces the action and makes the result grandly entertaining. (A-I) (br) ( 1952 )

These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

The classifications are as follows:

A-I -- general patronage;
A-II -- adults and adolescents;
A-III -- adults;
L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
O -- morally offensive.

Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.