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The stage stars Wheeler and Woolsey play two soldiers who go absent without leave in Paris, during World War I.
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Tommy Turner
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Gilbert Simpson
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Annette Marshall
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Col. Marshall
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Mrs. Marshall
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Olga
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Lt. Jim Reed
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Eileen
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MP Sergeant (as John Rutherford)
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Performers (as The Tiller Sunshine Girls)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Gen. Hale (uncredited)
Stanley Campbell ...
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
André Cheron ...
French Waiter (uncredited)
Edgar De Lange ...
Military Policeman (uncredited)
Alexander Ikonnikov ...
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Owen Martin ...
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Capt. Jones (uncredited)
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French Waiter (uncredited)
Katya Sorina ...
Woman (uncredited)
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Military Policeman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Paul Sloane

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James Ashmore Creelman ... (story)
 
Anne Caldwell ... (dialogue) and
Ralph Spence ... (dialogue)
 
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ... () (uncredited)
 
James Ashmore Creelman ... (screenplay) (uncredited)

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Myles Connolly ... associate producer (uncredited)
Henry Hobart ... associate producer
William LeBaron ... producer

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Nicholas Musuraca ... (photographed by) (as Nick Musuraca)

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Arthur Roberts ... film editor

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Max Rée ... (costumes by)

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Max Rée ... scenery

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Hugh McDowell Jr. ... recordist

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Willard Barth ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Clifton King ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Gaston Longet ... still photographer (uncredited)
Harold E. Wellman ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Harry J. Wild ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Anne Caldwell ... lyrics
Max Steiner ... musical director
Harry Tierney ... music

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Mary Read ... dances stager
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Taglines World's greatest comedians are in the Army now!...Clowns in khaki run wild on the Boulevards...bounce laughs off the Eiffel Tower...play riot in the Grin and Garter belt at Gay Paree! (Print Ad- Ludington Sunday Morning News, ((Ludington Mich.)) 8 March 1931) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Fusilamiento al amanecer (Spain)
  • Medio fusilados al amanecer (Spain)
  • 爆笑隊従軍記 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Regementets charmörer (Sweden)
  • Gozando a Guerra (Brazil)
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  • 78 min
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Budget $529,000 (estimated)

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Trivia This film was a hit at the box office, earning "RKO" a profit of $400,000 ($5.98M in 2019) according to studio records. See more »
Goofs After a number with Tommy and Gilbert, Annette jumps off the roof of the car, expecting to be caught by the pair, but isn't. She lands on her posterior beside the car. In the next shot, when one of the MPs run up, she's in the same position but much further from the car. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical (2008). See more »
Soundtracks WHISTLING THE BLUES AWAY See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits are shown over a battlefield scene, with barbed wire. See more »
Quotes Annette Marshall: Are you married?
Tommy Turner: No, I just naturally look worried.
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