The island of Marinduque in the move and tv series Operation Petticoat.
A brief synopsis of the film:
The Philippines, December 1941. Lt. Commander Matt Sherman is the captain of USS Sea Tiger, a submarine. While in harbor she is damaged by a Japanese air raid and is close to being written off as sunk. However, the crew manage to refloat her and repair her as best they can. The submarine sets out for Australia for repairs. On the way they stop at a US -held island only to find it deserted, but for a stranded group of Army nurses and must take them aboard.
Marinduque is the island in the movie. There is a brief shot of the captain writing in his logbook that he arrived at Marinduque. Another shot shows the nurses leaving the island in a rubber raft. The actual beach location used for this shot is not Marinduque but was in Key West Florida.
The move was released on December 24, 1959.
In September 1977, an American sitcom based on the movie was broadcast. It was broadcast on ABC for two seasons 1977 and 1978. The first season starred John Astin as the skipper of the submarine, as well as Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Tony Curtis, who had starred in the 1959 film.
The picture from the sound stage is from the first episode of the sitcom and although labeled Marinduque, the set was used to simulate a different island. The original print comes from the portfolio, “Robert Cumming: Studio Still Lifes,” Universal studios, California, 1977,
In December 1941, an American submarine did visit Santa Cruz, Marinduque to gather intelligence and warn the locals that the war had started. I will share the submarine logs in another post.
