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Tell It to the Marines

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Tell It to the Marines	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Tell It to the Marines is a 1926 silent film directed by George W. Hill, starring Lon Chaney, William Haines, and Eleanor Boardman.Skeet Burns (Haines) is a young rapscallion who signs up with the U.S. Marine Corps solely for the free train ticket to San Diego; he's planning to go from there to Tijuana to play the horses. Lacking anything better to do, however, he eventually does report to boot camp. There he comes under the hard hand of Sergeant O'Hara (Chaney). O'Hara, a grizzled veteran drill instructor, is determined to whip the callow, lazy Burns into shape and make him a real Marine.Further complicating the interaction between O'Hara and Burns is the presence of Norma Dale (Boardman), a beautiful Navy nurse. O'Hara is in love with Norma but she is either unaware of or uninterested in his attentions. The brash, overconfident Burns comes on way too strong and ruins a date with Norma, but she falls for him anyway.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })One of the very few films of Lon Chaney's career in which he wasn't wearing makeup and didn't play a monster, lunatic, or criminal. Made with the full cooperation of the Marine Corps and shot on location at the real San Diego Marine base as well as at sea during a real naval exercise.
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Tell It to the Marines / int_5d414804	comment	Just Friends: Poor O'Hara has no shot with Norma, who has placed him squarely in the Friend Zone. It seems a particularly cruel twist of the knife when Norma, complaining to O'Hara of Skeet's shortcomings, wishes that Skeet was "more like you." The expression on O'Hara's face is priceless.
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Tell It to the Marines / int_6375f746	type	Drill Sergeant Nasty
Tell It to the Marines / int_6375f746	comment	Drill Sergeant Nasty: Sergeant O'Hara, who barks at his recruits in order to whip them into shape. He's really got a Hidden Heart of Gold, though, and helps get Norma and Skeet together at the end.
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Tell It to the Marines / int_999fffbe	type	Faux-To Guide
Tell It to the Marines / int_999fffbe	comment	Faux-To Guide: A quick throw-away gag has Skeet's tent mate reading a guide on how to go from a corporal to a general. It seems that if you serve a mere, uh, 58 years in the Marines, you'll make it.
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Tell It to the Marines / int_d9e9ad7e	type	The Cavalry
Tell It to the Marines / int_d9e9ad7e	comment	The Cavalry: The Marines arrive in time to rescue the civilians and Navy nurses besieged in Hangchow by bandits.
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