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This Is the Army (1943)In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War... See full summary » Director:Michael Curtiz |
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Ethel Jones
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Mrs. O'Brien
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Mrs. Nelson
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Herself
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Kate Smith | ... |
Herself
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Johnny Jones
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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. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
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Irving Berlin's This Is the Army See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 1, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Ethel: Well, of course.
Jerry Jones: Wonderful. Congratulations, darling, you're a war bride. I've just been drafted.
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emergency relief fund" See more »
Written by Irving Berlin
Sung by James Burrell, Chorus See more »
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This was the first Warner Bros. musical shot in three-strip Technicolor. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: 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. See more »Quotes
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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Crazy Credits
"This motion picture is distributed for the benefit of the US Armyemergency relief fund" See more »
Connections
Featured in "Broadway: The American Musical: I Got Plenty o' Nuttin': 1929-1942 (#1.3)" (2004) See more »Soundtracks
"I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep"Written by Irving Berlin
Sung by James Burrell, Chorus See more »
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