26155. [full page advertisement] Columbia Pictures. TARS AND SPARS – United States Coast Guard.
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26155. [full page advertisement] Columbia Pictures. TARS AND SPARS – United States Coast Guard.
26155. [full page advertisement] Columbia Pictures. TARS AND SPARS – United States Coast Guard. Life Magazine. December 24, 1945. Tars and Spars premiered in 1945 starring Janet Blair and Alfred Blake. The movie was based upon the stage show Tars and Spars and was produced in cooperation with the United States Coast Guard. Typical boy meets girl song and dance fare, the watery world of the Coast Guard provides the setting for this musical that is loosely based on the famed Guard show Tars and Spars and makes fun of war movies. The story centers on the exploits of a heroic sailor who has never been to sea. Howard Young (Alfred Drake) is a coast guardsman who has been on shore duty for three years despite his efforts to be sent into action. His nearest approach to sea duty was on a harbor-moored life raft for 21 days as part of an experiment with a new type of vitamin gum for the government. He meets Christine Bradley (Janet Blair), a SPAR, sent to take over his communications job and, by things he leaves unsaid, she thinks his life-raft experience was the result of a ship-wreck at sea. Stars Alfred Drake of Broadway fame, as S 1/c Howard Young, Janet Blair as SPAR Christine Bradley and comedian Sid Caesar who was already on active duty as Seaman Chuck Enders. Chief Petty Officer Victor Mature was in the original stage version. Tars and Spars launched the career of Caesar as a comedian. Nice two color, full page add would be perfect framed. Disbound, clean, only very light age toning. (VG+). $12.