- Country: USA
- Genres: Biography, Comedy, Music
- Release: 1953-02-16
- Director: Henry Koster
- Writers: Lamar Trotti , Ernest Vajda , John Philip Sousa
- Language: English
- Stars: Clifton Webb , Robert Wagner , Debra Paget , Ruth Hussey
- Runtime: 90 min
- Awards: 3 nominations
- AKA: Звёзды и полоски навсегда , Bubnjevi i trube , Zafer marşı (Turkey) , Stars and Stripes Forever (Canada) , Marching Along (United Kingdom) , Stele şi dungi pentru totdeauna (Romania) , Millionen rufen 'Bravo!' (Austria) , Squilli di primavera (Italy) , John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever (United States of America) , Marcha Triunfal (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , De glorie fanfare (Belgium) , It Beats the Band (Australia) , La fanfare de la gloire (Belgium) , Παρέλασις της δόξης (Greece) , La marcha triunfal (Mexico) , Liebe, Pauken und Trompeten , For fuld musik (Denmark) , A Marcha Triunfal (Brazil) , Παρέλαση της δόξας (Greece) , Marching Along (South Africa) , Stars and Stripes Forever (United States of America) , The Life of John Philip Sousa (United States of America) , Marssikuningas (Finland) , För full musik (Sweden) , Stars and Stripes Forever , It Beats the Band (New Zealand) , La parade de la gloire (France, French Republic)Bubnjevi i trube, De glorie fanfare, For fuld musik, För full musik, It Beats the Band, La fanfare de la gloire, La marcha triunfal, La parade de la gloire, Liebe Pauken und Trompeten, Marcha Triunfal, Marching Along, Marssikuningas, Millionen rufen 'Bravo!', Parelasis tis doxis, Squilli di primavera, Zafer marsi, 春光花月
- Plot: In the 1890s, Sgt. Major John Philip Sousa, leader of the Marine Corps Band, meets Private Willie Little, inventor of an instrument he calls the Sousaphone...and Little's girlfriend, shapely showgirl Lily. To support his growing family, Sousa leaves the Marines and forms his own band; Willie and Lily go along. Though he'd rather write ballads, Sousa's marches bring him increasing fame; from their debut in 1892 the band is a great success. But Sousa's 'no wives' rule threatens the romance of Willie and Lily...as does the Spanish-American War.
- IMDB:tt0045187
Stars and Stripes Forever Cast · · · ALL
Henry Koster
Director
Clifton Webb
John Philip Sousa
Debra Paget
Lily Becker
Robert Wagner
Willie Little
Ruth Hussey
Jennie Sousa
Finlay Currie
(1878–1968)
Col. Randolph
Roy Roberts
Maj. George Porter Houston
Thomas Browne Henry
David Blakely (as Tom Browne Henry)
Helen Van Tuyl
Mrs. President Harrison
Dorinda Clifton
Dancer (uncredited)