Here Come the Waves

19441944
PGPG
1h 39m

Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton in Here Come the Waves (1944)

Comedy Musical Romance

Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot.

Director
- Mark Sandrich
Writers
- Allan Scott(original screenplay)
- Ken Englund(original screenplay)
- Zion Myers(original screenplay)
Stars

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

Bing Crosby in Here Come the Waves (1944)

Bing Crosby in Here Come the Waves (1944)

Betty Hutton in Here Come the Waves (1944)

Bing Crosby and Sonny Tufts in Here Come the Waves (1944)

Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, and Sonny Tufts in Here Come the Waves (1944)

Here Come the Waves (1944)

Sonny Tufts in Here Come the Waves (1944)

Johnny Cabotas Johnny Cabot

Susanas Susan…

Windy 'Pinetop' Windhurstas Windy 'Pinetop' Windhurst

Ruthas Ruth

Texas Tex

Dorothyas Dorothy

Catherine Craig

Lt. Townsendas Lt. Townsend

Isabelas Isabel
(as Marjorie Henshaw)

Waveas Wave
(uncredited)

Bandleaderas Bandleader
(uncredited)

Carmella Bergstrom

Waveas Wave
(uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

Johnny Cabot Fanas Johnny Cabot Fan
(uncredited)

Charles D. Brown

Capt. Johnsonas Capt. Johnson
(uncredited)

Ens. Kirkas Ens. Kirk
(uncredited)

Yvonne De Carlo

Waveas Wave
(uncredited)

Undetermined Roleas Undetermined Role
(uncredited)

Johnny Cabot Fanas Johnny Cabot Fan
(uncredited)

Waveas Wave
(uncredited)

Director
- Mark Sandrich
Writers
- Allan Scott(original screenplay)
- Ken Englund(original screenplay)
- Zion Myers(original screenplay)
All cast & crew
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Twin sisters Rosemary and Susie Allison are successful nightclub performers. Their act is about to come to a close when serious-minded Rosemary announces she's joining the Waves. Fun-loving Susie decides to enlist also, especially after she learns that crooner Johnny Cabot has just been drafted by the Navy. —Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>

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Taglines
- They're in the NAVY now!
Genres
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. It was released on DVD 14 November 2006 as one of 5 titles in Universal's Bing Crosby Screen Legend Collection, and again 11 November 2014 as one of 24 titles in Universal's Bing Crosby Silver Screen Collection.

Goofs
When Betty Hutton begins to write a letter, she is shown in medium shot and she is obviously just scribbling on the paper, but after the cut to an over-the-shoulder shot, the writing does not match and it is neat and legible.

Quotes
Susan: You know what you are, Windy? You're the man behind the woman behind the man behind the gun.

Connections
Featured in Paul Murray Live: Episode #12.150 (2021)

Soundtracks
That Old Black Magic
(uncredited)
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Sung by Bing Crosby

Top review

The film's technical advisor was my late aunt.

My late aunt, Kathleen C. Quinn, was the technical advisor for "Here Come the Waves". She was a Lieutenant(jg) in the WAVES and was assigned to the movie. She said that the most difficult part of her job was in getting both the studio and the female cast, including Betty Hutton, to keep the hair styles within WAVE regulation length. (Regulation length was much shorter than the popular styles of the time.) She always told us that both Bing and Betty were very easy to work with.

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Release date
- December 18, 1944 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Gönüllü melekler
Filming locations
- Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- Paramount Pictures
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Runtime
1 hour 39 minutes
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1

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