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Director:
Mark Sandrich
Writers:
Ken Englund (writer)
Zion Myers (writer)
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Release Date:
18 December 1944 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical
Tagline:
They're in the NAVY now!
Plot:
Twin sisters Rosemary and Susie Allison are successful nightclub performers. Their act is about to come... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Watch the Trailer for The Decemberists' Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized (And Maybe Own it in December)
 (From PasteMagazine. 13 October 2009, 9:00 AM, PDT)
Decemberists to End Hazards of Love Tour with Animated Performance
 (From PasteMagazine. 16 September 2009, 8:30 AM, PDT)
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Hutton Wonderful, Crosby Coasting more (8 total)

Cast

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Bing Crosby ... Johnny Cabot

Betty Hutton ... Susan / Rosemary Allison
Sonny Tufts ... Windy 'Pinetop' Windhurst
Ann Doran ... Ruth
Gwen Crawford ... Tex
Noel Neill ... Dorothy
Catherine Craig ... Lt. Townsend
Anabel Shaw ... Isabel (as Marjorie Henshaw)
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Runtime:
99 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Paramount Pictures more

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Trivia:
A sprightly mock-gospel number, the 1945 Oscar-nominated "Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive" (music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer) was represented on the "Billboard" singles chart by a couple of second-place finishers: one 78 via Decca Records by Bing Crosby, teamed with The Andrews Sisters (who did not appear in the picture), plus another 78 on Capitol from singer-songwriter Johnny Mercer, supported by The Pied Pipers (who were not featured in the movie). more
Soundtrack:
Come Join The Waves more

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Hutton Wonderful, Crosby Coasting, 23 March 2002
Author: Classics_Fan from Los Angeles

If a plot involves twins you know what you are in for and this film gives you all of the mistaken identity situations that you expect.

Crosby is good as always but seems to be coasting here and the existence of Sonny Tufts' career still escapes me but while this is far from her best film the reason to watch this film is Betty Hutton. She plays twins - one amped up and zany and one demure - and does a very good job with each. The story goes that after this film came out Paramount got a lot of calls from moviegoers asking who the brunette was that played Betty's sister. She does photograph differently in each role and it is not from any makeup but from the differences in her performance.

James Agee wrote about Betty Hutton over 50 years ago, "to me she is beyond good and evil." and I agree with him completely, watching her energy and talent on the screen it is easy to see why she such a huge star in the 1940s and early 50s. Her best films are Annie Get Your Gun, The Perils of Pauline, and The Stork Club. Also try to catch The Fleet's In whenever AMC gets around to showing it to see her first film which instantly turned her into a star.

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