Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for inciting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes very...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Bijou | |
| John Wayne | ... | Dan | |
| Albert Dekker | ... | Dr. Martin | |
| Broderick Crawford | ... | Little Ned | |
| Anna Lee | ... | Dorothy | |
| Mischa Auer | ... | Sasha | |
| Billy Gilbert | ... | Tony | |
| Richard Carle | ... | District Officer | |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | Governor | |
| Oskar Homolka | ... | Antro (as Oscar Homolka) | |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Captain Church | |
| Vince Barnett | ... | Bartender | |
| Herbert Rawlinson | ... | First Mate | |
| James Craig | ... | Ensign | |
| William Bakewell | ... | Ensign | |
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Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for inciting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes very popular with U.S. navy men by performing at the 'Seven Sinners'. A navy Lieutenant is attracted to Bijou despite the Governor's machinations to keep them apart, and the competing affections of local mobster, Antro. Will the Lieutenant give up the navy for Bijou, and will he survive Antro's forces? Written by Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>
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25 October 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$760,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Bijou: I'm the type of girl you're liable to find anywhere.
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Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)
Sung by Marlene Dietrich (uncredited)
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Original working title: "Tropical Sinners" See more »Quotes
Lt. Dan Brent: Imagine finding you here.Bijou: I'm the type of girl you're liable to find anywhere.
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The Man's in the Navy(1940)
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)
Sung by Marlene Dietrich (uncredited)
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This rowdy South Seas romp is the high point of Marlene Dietrich's more user-friendly populist period: she plays "Bijou", a "singer" who gets deported from island after island because she innocently enflames both locals and sailors into brawling and destroying the nightclubs. Bijou values handsome guys, diamonds, and good friends, not to mention her wardrobe of feathers, flounces, silks, lace parasols, and even a sailor's uniform. As the object of Bijou's attention, John Wayne is at his freshest and most appealing, sheepishly bringing her armloads of orchids. The supporting cast is unusually deep: dense but loyal Broderick Crawford, sneaky Mischa Auer, menacing Oscar Homolka, perpetually befuddled Billy Gilbert, world-weary Albert Dekker, pretty Anna Lee. The lavish production includes sunny lighting and dynamic camera moves from Rudolph Mate. For once, director Tay Garnett gets it all right: the tropical atmosphere, the teasing romance, the broad comedy, the bittersweet edge [see Bijou's exchanges with the ship's doctor], plus four good musical numbers.