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Most recently, the Gulf and Iraq wars have become the subject of controversial films such as Jarhead and Generation Kill.

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and Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket that led to more enlistments to the Corps. United States Marine Corps Recruit Training was also depicted in Jack Webb's The D.I. When filming film at the base in 1954, Raoul Walsh's Marine technical adviser said that he had joined the Corps after seeing What Price Glory?. Camp Pendleton later doubled as Vietnam in Marshall Thompson's To the Shores of Hell.

Lewis's Retreat, Hell! had the base covered in studio snow with their hills and roads painted white. Over the years, Camp Pendleton was dressed up to represent Central American nations, China, Pacific islands, New Zealand, and Joseph H. Allan Dwan's Sands of Iwo Jima, starring John Wayne, is frequently cited as one of the most influential Marine films. In 1926 MGM's Tell It to the Marines and Fox's What Price Glory? directed by Raoul Walsh nearly led to a court battle to see whether one studio could copyright the Marines to prevent other films from being made. In exchange for a favourable portrayal that stimulated recruiting and gave an impressive view to the public and Congress, the Marines provided uniformed extras, locations, equipment, and technical advisers that provided their expertise to the producers. This is a list of films featuring the United States Marine Corps.īeginning with The Star Spangled Banner (1918), the Marines discovered the use of motion pictures.