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The Bugle Sounds (1942) Facts
| Director(s) | S. Sylvan Simon |
| Producer(s) | J. Walter Ruben |
| Featured Cast | Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Lewis Stone, George Bancroft, Henry O'Neill |
| Total Facts | 5 |
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onJanuary 4, 1943 with Wallace Beery reprising his film role.
Richard Thorpe filled in for the flu-stricken director S. Sylvan Simon during his illness.
In 1942, MGM distributed this film on a double bill with Mr. and Mrs. North starring Gracie Allen.
MGM constructed replicas of Fort Knox, Kentucky and Fort Lewis, Washington on its back lot.
The song Wallace Beery sings as he marches on horseback with his group is not the more famous song "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" appearing in the movie of the same name in 1949. It dates back to the Civil War, and there are many variations of it. The first known copyright of a version (listed in the soundtrack section) was in 1917, by George A. Norton.