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The Gang's All Here

  • 19431943
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 43m
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6.6/10
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Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, James Ellison, Alice Faye, and Benny Goodman in The Gang's All Here (1943)
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
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A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
IMDb RATING
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1.9K
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    • Busby Berkeley
  • Writers
    • Walter Bullock(screenplay)
    • Nancy Wintner(story)
    • George Root Jr.(story)
  • Stars
    • Alice Faye
    • Carmen Miranda
    • Phil Baker
    • Busby Berkeley
  • Writers
    • Walter Bullock(screenplay)
    • Nancy Wintner(story)
    • George Root Jr.(story)
  • Stars
    • Alice Faye
    • Carmen Miranda
    • Phil Baker
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 50User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Alice Faye in The Gang's All Here (1943)
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    Alice Faye in The Gang's All Here (1943)
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    Jeanne Crain, Ruth Brady, Jo-Carroll Dennison, June Haver, Adele Jergens, Jean O'Donnell, Donna Mae Roberts, Marion Rosamond, Billie Seward, Mary Stewart, Lorraine Breacher, and Frankie Daye in The Gang's All Here (1943)
    Carmen Miranda, Ruth Brady, Jean O'Donnell, Marion Rosamond, Billie Seward, Blanche Taylor, and Lorraine Breacher in The Gang's All Here (1943)
    Alice Faye and Benny Goodman in The Gang's All Here (1943)
    Alice Faye and Benny Goodman in The Gang's All Here (1943)
    Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, and Alice Faye in The Gang's All Here (1943)
    Alice Faye in The Gang's All Here (1943)
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    Alice Faye
    Alice Faye
    • Edie Allen
    Carmen Miranda
    Carmen Miranda
    • Dorita
    Phil Baker
    Phil Baker
    • Phil Baker
    Benny Goodman
    Benny Goodman
    • Benny Goodman
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    Benny Goodman and His Orchestra
    • Benny Goodman's Orchestra
    • (as Benny Goodman Orchestra)
    Eugene Pallette
    Eugene Pallette
    • Andrew Mason Sr.
    Charlotte Greenwood
    Charlotte Greenwood
    • Mrs. Peyton Potter
    Edward Everett Horton
    Edward Everett Horton
    • Peyton Potter
    Tony De Marco
    • Tony
    James Ellison
    James Ellison
    • Andy Mason
    Sheila Ryan
    Sheila Ryan
    • Vivian Potter
    Dave Willock
    Dave Willock
    • Sgt. Pat Casey
    Bando da Lua
    Bando da Lua
    • Dorita's Orchestra
    Leon Belasco
    Leon Belasco
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Brooks Benedict
    Brooks Benedict
    • Club New Yorker Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Lee Bennett
    Lee Bennett
    • Club New Yorker Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Ruth Brady
    Ruth Brady
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Lorraine Breacher
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
      • Busby Berkeley
    • Writers
      • Walter Bullock(screenplay)
      • Nancy Wintner(story)
      • George Root Jr.(story)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The production number "The Lady In The Tutti-Frutti Hat" ran into problems with the censors. The Hayes office at first considered the way the gigantic bananas were held in front of the dancers as being too "phallic". The problem was resolved by having the dancers hold the bananas at waist level rather than at hip level.
    • Goofs
      Incorrectly regarded as goof: As the passengers disembark the ship within the first 3 minutes of the film, a series of mechanical-looking large shadows can be easily seen moving across the painted backdrop of buildings intended to be far in the distance. This is actually a stage set of a musical production, thus not filmed as a real scene.
    • Quotes

      Phil Baker: Oh, Dorita, you remember Mr. Potter and Mr. Mason.

      Dorita: Ah! I remember Mr. Potty. You are here to kick up some more heels, huh?

      Peyton Potter: No!

      Phil Baker: Mr. Potter wants you to come to his house this weekend.

      Dorita: Ah-ah-ah, you naughty boy. You are what they call a fast-work man, yes?

    • Connections
      Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)
    • Soundtracks
      Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!
      (uncredited)

      Music by Theodore Morse and Arthur Sullivan

      Lyrics by Dolly Morse (as D.A. Esrom)

      Sung by a chorus during the opening credits

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    Yes, they have some bananas
    I'll get to the plot of "The Gang's All Here" in a minute, because the plot isn't the most memorable part of this movie. The most memorable part is the bananas.

    About 20 minutes into the movie, a towering hat of Technicolor fruit appears on the screen, followed by its owner--'40s "Brazilian bombshell" Carmen Miranda. She proceeds to do a number called "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat," accompanied by chorus girls who bear bananas. Six-foot-tall bananas that continuously droop and sprout until number's end, when the chorus girls, worn out by the burden of this mutated fruit, lay down for a long siesta on a stage dressed up like an island.

    There's a reason this number occurs so early on: It takes you the rest of the movie to convince yourself you actually saw this in a 1943 movie.

    But then, this is Busby Berkeley, a director who staged his musical numbers as though he was declaring war. And next to kitsch, war is pretty much the motivator here.

    The wafer-thin story involves Andy (James Ellison), a soldier who woos and wins Edie (Alice Faye), a canteen dancer, the night before Andy goes off to World War Two. In what seems an instant, Andy gets decorated and returned home to a victory party thrown by the family of Andy's childhood sweetheart and fiancee--who, unfortunately for Edie, is not Edie.

    Will the heartbreak be resolved? Do you really care? The plot is mostly an excuse for some snappy repartee between major '40s stars (in particular, Eugene Pallette and Edward Everett Horton are hilarious), and the kind of musical numbers that seem to drop out of thin air. (In a couple of scenes, Benny Goodman and his orchestra stroll by and do some songs just for the heck of it.)

    "The Gang's All Here" is really a 1943 time capsule, but an eye-popping rouser of one. They don't make 'em like this anymore. They didn't make 'em much like this back then, either. It's not out on video or DVD, so look for its sporadic broadcasts on cable TV.
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    • Jul 9, 2003

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    • Release date
      • December 24, 1943 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Stage 16, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 43 minutes

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