The Long Gray Line / la lunga linea grigia

 

la lunga linea grigia

1955 Theatrical Poster

 

La lunga linea grigia (The Long Grey Line) è un film del 1955 diretto da John Ford.

È il primo film in Cinemascope di Ford. Racconta la storia della vita di Marty Maher, sergente americano di origine irlandese che è stato istruttore presso l'accademia militare di West Point dal 1899 fino alla fine della seconda guerra mondiale. Il titolo fa riferimento alla linea che gli allievi dell'accademia, in uniforme grigia, formano durante le parate militari.

Martin "Marty" Maher

 

Birth:	Jun. 25, 1876 Ballyclerahan County Tipperary, Ireland
Death:	Jan. 17, 1961 New City Rockland County New York, USA
Master Sergeant, US Army and beloved instructor at the US Military Academy. An Irish immigrant born in Ballycrine, County Tipperary, Ireland, he came to the United States in 1896 and worked for two years as a waiter and busboy in the Dining Facility at the US Military Academy at West Point before he decided to join the Army. Enlisting as a Private in 1898 during the Spanish American War, he was noted early in his military career as a scaper and fighter, and was invited to join the instruction faculty teaching boxing. Shortly afterwards, he was assigned to instruct cadets on swimming, where he continued teaching swimming for nearly fifty years. Affectionately known as Marty, he remained on the instructor staff at West Point, he became a revered and beloved member of the West Point staff, helping the cadets mature into good officers and soldiers. In 1928, Maher retired from the Army in the rank of Master Sergeant, and remained as a West Point instructor by joining as a civil service employee in their athletic department. He eventually retired from the civil service in 1946, completing fifty years at West Point. As a result of the many cadets that he instructed and helped, he was made an honorary cadet of the classes of 1912, 1926 and 1928. He wrote his autobiography, "Bringing up the Brass: My 55 years at West Point." He married Mary O'Donnell, an Irish immigrant that he met at West Point, who had come to the academy to work as a cook for one of the faculty officers' families. In 1955, the film "The Long Gray Line" was made, in which his role was played by actor Tyrone Power. (bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)

 

 

The Long Gray Line is a 1955 American Technicolor drama film in CinemaScope directed by John Ford based on the life of Marty Maher. Tyrone Power stars as the scrappy Irish immigrant whose 50-year career at West Point took him from a dishwasher to a non-commissioned officer and athletic instructor. Maher was buried there in January 1961.

 

 

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The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line

The Long Gray Line