Information
| Year: | 1943 |
| Rating: | 6.1(375) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Musical, War |
| Directed by: | Michael Curtiz |
| Actors: | George Murphy George Tobias Alan Hale Charles Butterworth Joan Leslie Dolores Costello |
| "It's your own army - in the army's own show!" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Michael Curtiz | |
| Actors | |
| George Murphy | as Jerry Jones |
| George Tobias | as Maxie Twardofsky |
| Alan Hale | as Sgt. McGee |
| Charles Butterworth | as Eddie Dibble |
| Stanley Ridges | as Maj. John B. Davidson |
| Ronald Reagan | as Johnny Jones |
| Joe Louis | as Himself |
| Alan Anderson | as Assistant Stage Manager Anderson |
| Ezra Stone | as Sergeant Stone |
| Tom D'Andrea | as Tommy |
| James Burrell | as Lead Singer - 'I'm Getting Tired' |
| Ross Elliott | as Officer in Magician Skit |
| Alan Manson | as Hunting Skit straight man/Jane Cowl |
| John Prinze Mendes | as Magician in Skit |
| Julie Oshins | as Pvt. Twardofsky |
| Earl Oxford | as Lead Singer - 'I Left My Heart' |
| Robert Shanley | as Ted Nelson |
| Philip Truex | as Acting Sergeant of the New Guard |
| James MacColl | as Soldier/Alfred Lunt |
| Herbert Anderson | as Danny Davidson |
| Ralph Magelssen | as Lead Singer - 'Mandy' |
| Tilestone Perry | as Soldier/Lynn Fontanne |
| John Cook Jr. | as Soldier |
| Larry Weeks | as KP Potato Juggler |
| The Allon Trio | as Themselves |
| Murray Alper | as Soldier |
| Warner Anderson | as Kate Smith's Announcer |
| Irving Bacon | as Waiter |
| Louis Bednarcik | as Allon Trio acrobat |
| Irving Berlin | as Himself |
| Dick Bernie | as Hunting Skit comedian |
| Carlyle Blackwell Jr. | as Soldier |
| Jackie Brown | as Mike Nelson |
| Marion Brown | as Heavy-Set 'Harlem' Dancer |
| Angelo Buono | as Allon Trio acrobat |
| Jimmy Butler | as Soldier |
| Frank Coghlan Jr. | as Soldier at Camp |
| Jimmy Conlin | as Stage Doorman |
| Richard Crane | as Sergeant on Field March |
| Belmonte Cristiani | as Soldier |
| James Cross | as Lead Singer/Dancer 'Harlem' |
| John Daheim | as Soldier |
| Dan Dailey | as Soldier in 'This Is the Army' Number |
| Gayle DeCamp | as Soldier |
| Alan Dexter | as Soldier |
| John Draper | as Soldier |
| Geno Erbisti | as Allon Trio acrobat |
| Richard Farnsworth | as Soldier |
| Martin Faust | as Soldier |
| Sgt. Fisher | as Blake Nelson |
| Ross Ford | as Soldier |
| Art Foster | as Soldier |
| Eddie Hall | as Sailor |
| Hank Henry | as Ladies of Chorus Plumber/Cigar smoker in Canteen |
| Richard Irving | as Mandy - in yellow dress |
| John James | as Soldier |
| Jerry Jarrett | as Soldier |
| Payne B. Johnson | as Boy |
| Henry Jones | as Mr. Brown - recruit/WWI bugle audition observer |
| Fred Kelly | as Mandy's Beau |
| Bill Kennedy | as News Commentator |
| J.P. Mandes | as Soldier |
| Gary Merrill | as Backstage MP - on right |
| Victor Moore | as Father of Soldier |
| Gene Nelson | as Soldier |
| Allen Pomeroy | as Soldier |
| Richard Reeves | as Victor Moore's son's dance partner - 'Ladies of Chorus' |
| Sydney Robin | as Mr. Jones - recruit/'Ladies of Chorus' Printer |
| William Roerick | as Mr. Green - recruit |
| Hayden Rorke | as Soldier/Stage Manager |
| Milton Rosenstock | as Pit Orchestra Conductor - When Seen From Behind |
| Robert Sidney | as Sgt Sydney - In Tank |
| Arthur Space | as Soldier |
| Arthur Steiner | as Soldier |
| Ernest Truex | as Father of Soldier |
| Pierre Watkin | as Stranger in Audience |
| Doodles Weaver | as Soldier |
| Bert Whitley | as Soldier |
| William Wycoff | as 'Harlem' dancer in drag |
| Jack Young | as Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Actresses | |
| Joan Leslie | as Eileen Dibble |
| Dolores Costello | as Mrs. Davidson |
| Una Merkel | as Rose Dibble |
| Rosemary DeCamp | as Ethel Jones |
| Ruth Donnelly | as Mrs. O'Brien |
| Dorothy Peterson | as Mrs. Nelson |
| Frances Langford | as Herself |
| Gertrude Niesen | as World War One Vocalist |
| Kate Smith | as Herself |
| Leah Baird | as Old-Timer's Wife |
| Bess Flowers | as Woman in Audience |
| Ilka Grüning | as Mrs. Twardofsky |
| Pinkie Mitchell | as Cpl Mitchell - on telelphone pole/Comic General in acrobat skit |
| Patsie Moran | as Marie Twardofsky |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 24 February 1943 - 14 May 1943 |
| Plot: | In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"It's Your Country and My Country" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Gertrude Niesen "My Sweetie" Written by Irving Berlin Sung and danced by George Murphy "Poor Little Me, I'm on KP" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by George Tobias "We're on Our Way to France" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by George Murphy , Chorus "God Bless America" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Kate Smith , Chorus "What Does He Look Like" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Frances Langford and ensemble "This Is the Army, Mr Jones" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Sydney Robin, William Roerick, Henry Jones and Chorus "I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by James Burrell , Chorus "Mandy" Written by Irving Berlin Danced briefly in the "Yip Yip Yaphank" rehearsal by George Murphy Sung by Ralph Magelssen and Chorus Choreographed by lead dancer Fred Kelly , dancing with chorus "The Army's Made a Man Out of Me" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Ezra Stone, Julie Oshins , Philip Truex, and Chorus "Ladies of the Chorus" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Alan Hale , Chorus "That's What the Well-Dressed Man in Harlem Will Wear" Written by Irving Berlin Performed by James Cross , unidentified tap partner, and Chorus with speed bag accompaniment by Joe Louis "How About a Cheer for the Navy" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Chorus "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Earl Oxford "With My Head in the Clouds" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Robert Shanley, Chorus "American Eagles" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Robert Shanley, Chorus "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Irving Berlin , George Murphy , George Tobias, Charles Butterworth and chorus "This Time" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Robert Shanley and Chorus "Alexander's Ragtime Band" Written by Irving Berlin Danced by George Murphy and chorus "Hostesses of the Stage Door Canteen" Written by Irving Berlin Performed by Chorus "Good-Bye France" Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Chorus after the armistice "I Can Always Find a Little Sunshine in the Y.M.C.A." Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Chorus at the tavern after the armistice "The Girl I Left Behind Me" Traditional Played briefly when Johnny makes Eileen close early "Hail to the Chief" (uncredited) Music by James Sanderson Played before the Washington performance |
Goofs
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DATE: The map showing the German attack on Poland on September 1, 1939 shows the Austrian-Czech border from 1937. SYNC: During the "God Bess America" sequence, Kate Smith barrels up to the microphone and her dubbed-in voice is heard to say "It is my happy privilege to introduce a new song: 'God Bless America'" If you read her lips, however, she actually says the words "new tune." DATE: The uniform worn by Gertrude Niesen in the opening sequence is strictly of a 1943, not 1917, design, complete with padded shoulders and knee length skirt, and totally inappropriate to the 1917 era. Revealing mistakes: In the montage of the show tour around the USA, the same city set is used for Cleveland and Washington DC without even bothering to change the shop signs: "Century Antique Shop" and "Yvonne Milliner" are visible in both "cities". |
Quotes
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Jerry Jones: Will you marry me tonight? Ethel: Well, of course. Jerry Jones: Wonderful. Congratulations, darling, you're a war bride. I've just been drafted. |
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