- It is said that Matthew Broderickhas a distant blood relationship with Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who he plays.
- Jane Alexander played the mother of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. She had a lot of scenes, but it was basically deleted due to the length of the film. Many shots of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and Major Cabot Forbes going to school together.
- Many of the scenes in the film are taken from a parade in 1988 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, which was attended by 15,000 people.
- There is a scene in the film where soldiers are playing baseball, and then they are dismissed because they have not settled on some of the problems of the rise of baseball, but there is no doubt that the development of this sport was promoted during the Civil War.
Glory behind the scenes gags
2021-11-14 08:01
Extended Reading
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Sharts: I wonder when they gonna give us the blue suits.
Trip: [laughs] Where you from, boy?
Sharts: South Carolina.
Trip: South Carolina? Well, then you ought to know better than that, boy.
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[the 54th has just been attached to Col. Montgomery's regiment in the hope of seeing combat. The troops are marching through the regiment's camp]
Cpl. Thomas Searles: Who are these ragamuffins?
John Rawlins: Contraband soldiers, straight from the field.
Short contraband: Hey, we slaves in the field when the Yankee man come. Say we soldiers.
[to Thomas]
Short contraband: Hey, where from?
Cpl. Thomas Searles: Massachusetts.
Tall contraband: You walk like the bukra soldier, even talk like him!
Cpl. Thomas Searles: [to Rawlins] What'd he say?
John Rawlins: He says we march like white soldiers. How you like the Army, contraband?
Tall contraband: Oh, we love it! We thank the Lord every day for da good vittles and these beautiful clothes! Every day like kismis!
Cpl. Thomas Searles: [to Rawlins] What?
John Rawlins: Like Christmas.
Cpl. Thomas Searles: Oh.