I Cover the War!

I Cover the War
I Cover the War
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Directed by	Arthur Lubin
Screenplay by	George Waggner
Story by	Bernard McConville
Produced by	Trem Carr; Paul Malvern
Starring	John Wayne; Abdulla; Major Sam Harris; Gwen Gaze
Cinematography	Stanley Cortez; Harry Neumann
Edited by	Charles Craft; Erma Horsley
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1937;
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

I Cover the War is a 1937 American drama action film directed by Arthur Lubin for Universal Pictures, starring John Wayne.^[1] It was one of a series of non-Westerns Wayne made for Universal.^[2]

Plot

Two newsreel cameramen are sent to photograph a bandit sheik in the desert.

Cast

John Wayne as Bob Adams
Gwen Gaze as Pamela Armitage
Don Barclay as Elmer Davis
Charles Brokaw as El Kadar / Muffadi
James Bush as Don Adams
Pat Somerset as Captain Archie Culvert
Richard Tucker Army Officer
Sam Harris as Colonel Hugh Armitage (as Major Sam Harris)
Olaf Hytten as Sir Herbert
Arthur Aylesworth as Logan
Franklin Parker as Parker (as Franklyn Paker)

Production

In February 1937 Trem Carr announced the film would start March 1.^[3]^[4]

Reception

The New York Times called it an "ingeniously romantic fable".^[5]

Variety gave the film a negative review and described it as a "sketchy production with unimpressive backgrounds." It criticised the "unimaginative story" and commented that the "acting is uniformly stiff", but noted that the film "should prove to be dashingly appealing to juveniles" and would find an audience who are "not particular about their kind of entertainment."^[6]

References

^ Eyman, Scott (April 21, 2015). John Wayne: The Life and Legend. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439199596. Retrieved April 6, 2019 – via Google Books.
^ Vagg, Stephen (September 14, 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.
^ SCREEN NOTES: Of Local Origin Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. February 13, 1937: 9.
^ British Army Co-operates in Making Picture Los Angeles Times February 14, 1937: C3.
^ THE SCREEN:By FRANK S. NUGENT. New York Times August 2, 1937: 10.
^ "I Cover the War". Internet Archive. Variety. July 7, 1937. Retrieved June 12, 2026.

External links

I Cover the War! at IMDb
I Cover the War t BFI

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[1] Eyman, Scott (April 21, 2015). John Wayne: The Life and Legend. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439199596. Retrieved April 6, 2019 – via Google Books.

[2] Vagg, Stephen (September 14, 2019). "The Cinema of Arthur Lubin". Diabolique Magazine.

[3] SCREEN NOTES: Of Local Origin Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. February 13, 1937: 9.

[4] British Army Co-operates in Making Picture Los Angeles Times February 14, 1937: C3.

[5] THE SCREEN:By FRANK S. NUGENT. New York Times August 2, 1937: 10.

[6] "I Cover the War". Internet Archive. Variety. July 7, 1937. Retrieved June 12, 2026.

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