The Singing Marine is a 1937 American musical film directed by Ray Enright and Busby Berkeley and starring Dick Powell.
It was the last of Powell's trio of service-related Warners films: 1934's Flirtation Walk paid tribute, of sorts, to the Army, and 1935's Shipmates Forever to the Navy.
Dick’s unit gets ordered to China but he, along with his sergeant and corporal, miss their transport.
Dick orders a suite on a luxury liner, a stateroom for his loyal girlfriend/pal Peggy and accommodations for the marines and they all set sail.
His unit thinks he’s been high hatting them but he helps out a marine’s widow who is a favorite of all the local leathnecks.