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President McKinley, wishing to make contact with General Calixto García, the leader of the Cuban War of Independence against Spain, summons a U.S. Army officer, First Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, to the White House and gives him a message which he is to personally deliver into Garcia's hands.
A Message to Garcia: Directed by George Marshall. With Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Alan Hale. Based on the actual event of Rowan's carrying a message from President McKinley to Garcia in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. The parts of Dory and Raphalita are added.
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- Drama
- George Marshall
- 1936-04-10
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A Message to Garcia is a widely distributed essay written by Elbert Hubbard in 1899, expressing the value of individual initiative and conscientiousness in work. The essay's primary example is a dramatized version of a daring escapade performed by an American soldier, First Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, just before the Spanish–American War.
- Elbert Hubbard
- 1899
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- Wallace Beery
- George Marshall
- 20th Century Pictures
A Message to Garcia is a 1936 American war film directed by George Marshall and starring Wallace Beery and Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles and Alan Hale, Sr.. The film is inspired by the 1899 essay A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard, loosely based on an incident during the Spanish–American War.
The president asks Lt. Andrew Rowan (John Boles) to travel to Cuba and deliver a message to rebel leader Gen. Garcia: The United States will need his help if war does break out.