Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

William A. Seiter

Writers:

Robert Ellis (writer)
Carole Landis (story)

Release Date:

17 March 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Romance | War

Plot:

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas. |

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Uso Show | WWII | Number In Title

Cast

Kay Francis	...	Herself
Carole Landis	...	Herself
Martha Raye	...	Herself
Mitzi Mayfair	...	Herself
Jimmy Dorsey	...	Himself
Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra	...	Themselves
John Harvey	...	Ted Warren
Phil Silvers	...	Eddie
Dick Haymes	...	Lt. Dick Ryan
Alice Faye	...	Herself
Betty Grable	...	Herself
Carmen Miranda	...	Herself
George Jessel	...	Himself / MC
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Acuff	...	Sentry (scenes deleted)
Renee Carson	...	Swedish maid (scenes deleted)
Edith Evanson	...	French maid (scenes deleted)
Mary Field	...	Maid (scenes deleted)
Betty Roadman	...	Housekeeper (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Sweden:15

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Guest star Betty Grable's appearance was her last in a black-and-white feature film, not counting her showing up later that year in Take It or Leave It (1944), which recycled "The Sheik of Araby" footage with Betty, Alice Faye and Billy Gilbert originally from Tin Pan Alley (1940).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It

A "feel-good" WWII story

It is a good, light-hearted story for the day. Funny and cute. Does not follow the genre of today of having to be realistic. Even at that, it is a great reference to 40's fashions and styles, and the girls are great. Martha Raye is just beginning to slap stick in the Phillis Diller style of later years, Carole Landis is just SO gorgeous, Kay Francis only lisps once (which I caught, but didn't understand until I read about it later), Mitzy Mairfair dances beautifully with such powerful legs that one wishes she would have done more movies, and it is so fun to see Phil Silvers in a row that had to be a prelude to Sgt. Bilko eventually. Overall, it was a very delightful film of an era long passed.