19431940s FEATURE FILMS
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