Marching On!

Marching On!
Directed by	Spencer Williams
Produced by	H.W. Kier (producer)
Written by	Spencer Williams (writer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Clark Ramsey
Release dates	1943
Country	United States
Language	English

Marching On! is a 1943 American race film directed and written by Spencer Williams. Sequences were filmed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. The film was later rereleased with additional sequences under the title Where's My Man To-nite?.

Plot

The film focuses on a young African American who continues his family’s tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army during World War II. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a radio station outside of his military base.^[1][2][3]

Cast

• Hugo Martin as Rodney Tucker Jr.
• George T. Sutton as Gramps Sam Tucker
• Emmet Jackson as Sgt. Robert L. Keene
• "Pepper" Neely as Wash, soldier
• Mickey McZekkashing as Wimpy, soldier
• Myra D. Hemmings as Mrs. Ellen Tucker
• Clarissy Deary as Ginny
• L.K. Smith as Rufus
• John Hemmings as Rodney Tucker Sr.
• Georgia Kelly as Martha Adams

References

1. “Making Movies Black” by Thomas Cripps, Google Books
2. Videography of Vintage Black Film Collection at Duke University
3. “The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: African Americans,” University of California Berkeley

External links

• Marching On at the Internet Movie Database
• Marching On! is available for free download at the Internet Archive