Beyond Glory
1948


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Highlights
  • Inspired by the 1948 Paramount Pictures film Beyond Glory starring Alan Ladd, Donna Reed and George Macready.
  • Captain Rocky Gilman returns home after the war thinking he may have cause the death of Captain. Daniels, his commanding officer in Tunisia. Haunted by guilt he is determined to visit Daniels’ widow upon his return. Love blossoms and Mrs. Daniels helps Gilman return to West Point to face his demons.
  • One of over 700 Paramount Pictures films made between 1929 and 1949 which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution. They have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
  • Screen Director’s Playhouse, a popular radio and television anthology series which ran on NBC beginning in 1949 broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of Beyond Glory on May 31, 1951. Alan Ladd reprised his onscreen role.
  • Tagline: “NEVER A LADD LIKE THIS…NEVER A PICTURE LIKE…BEYOND GLORY” (Original print ad)

WRITTEN BY RAY EVANS & JAY LIVINGSTON
COPYRIGHT 1948


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Lyrics
Beyond glory,
Beyond the greatest glory is love of your land and devotion to its story.
A story of tolerance and human dignity;
Of brotherhood and sufferance just look and you will see
Beyond glory.
 
Beyond the greatest glory
Where freedom’s the creed of all men.
When you love what is right
Love becomes the strongest bond;
It’s beyond glory, beyond mere glory,
Beyond any danger and beyond!
 
Beyond glory,
Beyond the greatest glory is love of your land and devotion to its story.
A story of tolerance and human dignity;
Of brotherhood and sufferance just look and you will see
Beyond glory.
 
Beyond the greatest glory
Where freedom’s the creed of all men.
When you love what is right
Love becomes the strongest bond;
It’s beyond glory, beyond mere glory,
Beyond any danger and beyond!
 
BEYOND GLORY inspired by the 1948 Paramount Pictures film Beyond Glory. Music and words by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. (Special Picture Release)