Specialty CollectionGenre: 1940s FEATURE FILMS
Description: MUSICAL BY IRVING BERLIN WITH IRVING BERLIN, GEORGE MURPHY, JOAN LESLIE, RONALD REAGAN, GEORGE TOBIAS, ALAN HALE, CHARLES BUTTERWORTH, DOLORES COSTELLO, UNA MERKEL, STANLEY RIDGES, ROSEMARY DE CAMP, DOLORES COSTELLO, UNA MERKEL, STANLEY RIDGES, RUTH DONELLY, DOROTHY PETERSON, KATE SMITH, FRANCES LANGFORD, GERTRUDE NIESEN, JOE LOUIS, ALAN ANDERSON, EZRA STONE, TOM D'ANDREA, JAMES BURNELL, ROSS ELLIOT, ALAN MANSON, JOHN PRINCE MENDES, JULIE OSHINS, EARL OXFORD, ROBERT SHANLEY, PHILIP TRUEX, JAMES MACCOLL, RALPH MAGELESSEN, TILESTON PERRY, JOE COOK JR, LARRY WEEKS, THE ALLON TRIO - GENO ERBISTI, ANGELO BUONO, LOUIS BEDNARCIK - , ROBERT SHENLEY, HERBERT ANDERSON, SGT. FISHER, VICTOR MOORE, ERNEST TRUEX, JACKIE BROWN, PATSY MORAN, JAMES CONLIN, ILKA GRUNING, IRVING BACON, MURRAY ALPER, PIERRE WATKIN, FRANK COGHLAN JR, DICK CRANE, ARTHUR SPACE, ARTHUR FOSTER, JIMMY BUTLER, ROSS FORD, GAYLE DE CAMP, JOHN DAHEIM, ALAN POMEROY, JOHN JAMES, HENRY JONES, DOODLES WEAVER, LEAH BAIRD, WARNER ANDERSON, JACK YOUNG, SIDNEY ROBIN, WILLIAM ROERICH, DICK BERNIE, JOHN DRAPER, RICHARD IRVING, FRED KELLY, HANK HENRY, J.P. MANDES, GENE BERG, ARTHUR STEINER, BELMONTE CRISTIANI, PINKIE MITCHELL AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL CURTIZ THE FRAMEWORK PLOT BEGAN IN WWI AND INCLUDED MATERIAL FROM BERLIN'S FIRST SOLDIERS SHOW 'YIP YIP YANK', FROM 1918, AND MADE ITS WAY TO WWII. MEMBERS OF THE CAST INCLUDED SOLDIERS EZRA STONE, OF THE HENRY ALDRICH RADIO SHOW, CHARACTER ACTOR HENRY JONES, AND KATE SMITH SINGING 'GOD BLESS AMERICA' IRVING BERLIN HIMSELF APPEARED SINGING ONE OF HIS MOST FAMOUS SOLDIERS SONGS, 'OH HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING.' A STAR-STUDDED MUSICAL SALUTE TO THE AMERICAN ARMY SOLDIER. MORALE BOOSTING SENSE OF PATRIOTISM. A BIG TIME BROADWAY STAR A THE BEGINNING OF WWI. HE'S DRAFTED INTO THE SERVICE, GIVEN THE JOB OF PUTTING ON A BIG SHOW, DOES HIS BIT AND, WHEN THE SHOW ENDS, THE CAST AND CREW GO OFF TO FIGHT IN EUROPE. YEARS PASS AND MURPHY IS NOW A PRODUCER WITH A SON, REAGAN, WHO IS DRAFTED FOR SERVICE IN WWII AND GIVEN THE SAME JOB HIS FATHER HAD; CREATE A SHOW FOR THE MEN IN KHAKI. REAGAN MANAGES TO WRITE A TERRIFIC SHOW AS WELL AS MARRY HIS SWEETHEART, LESLIE. THE SHOW IS TOURED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AT THE FINAL PERFORMANCE, BEFORE THE BOYS GO TO WAR, BERLIN COMES ON STAGE IN WAGHINGTON TO SING. TWO OTHER PARENT-OFFSPRING TALES ARE INTERWOVEN. TOBIAS IS THE FATHER OF OSHINS, AND BUTTERWORTH IS SEEN AS LESLIE'S DAD. HALE IS THE CAREER SARGE WHO SPANS THE WARS AND APPEARS IN BOTH SHOWS. SONGS: YOUR COUNTRY AND MY COUNTRY - PERFORMED BY GERTRUDE NIESEN IN A RECRUITING RALLY SEQUENCE. MY SWEETIE - SUNG & DANCED BY MURPHY. POOR LITTLE ME, I'M ON K.P. - PERFORMED BY TOBIAS. WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO FRANCE - MURPHY, TOBIAS, HALE, SOLIDERS. GOD BLESS AMERICA - KATE SMITH. WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE? - SUNG FRANCIS LANGFORD, THE ONE NEW DITTY. THIS IS THE ARMY, MR. JONES - PERFORMED BY COL. SIDNEY ROBIN, PFC. HENRY JONES, CPL. WILLIAM ROERICH, OTHER SOLIDERS. I'M GETTIN' TIRED SO I CAN SLEEP - SUNG BY STAFF SGT. JAMES BURRELL. MANDY - CPL. RALPH MAGELSSEN, SGT RICHARD IRVING, SGT FRED KELLY, AND OTHERS IN A MINSTREL SEQUENCE. LADIES OF THE CHORUS - HALE & SOLIDERS THAT'S WHAT THE WELL-DRESSED MAN IN HARLEM WILL WEAR - PERFORMED BY JAMES CROSS, PVT WILLIAM WYCKOFF, HARLEM DANCE GROUP WITH SGT. JOE LOUIS PUNCHING A BOXING BAG IN RHYTHM. HOW ABOUT A CHEER FOR THE NAVY? - SOLIDERS. I LEFT MY HEART AT THE STAGE DOOR CANTEEN - SUNG BY SGT EARL OXFORD AROUND A SKETCH FEATURING PVT JAMES MCCOLL AS ALFRED LUNT, CPL TILESON PERRY AS LYNN FONTANNE, SGT ALAN MANSON AS JANE COWL. WITH MY HEAD IN THE CLOUDS - SGT ROBERT SHANLEY AMERICAN EAGLES - SHANLEY & COMPANY IN AN ELABORATE PRODUCTION NUMBER. OH, HOW I HATE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING - SUNG BY BERLIN & SOLIDERS. THIS TIME IS THE LAST TIME - SHANLEY & EVERYONE ELSE THE ARMY'S MADE A MAN OUT OF ME - PERFORMED BY MASTER SGT EZRA STONE, SGT PHIL TRUEX, SGT JULIE OSHINS
