Comedy ·Music ·Romance ·War · United States of America · 1943 · 2h 1m

This Is the Army

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Director
Michael Curtiz
Cast
George Murphy as Jerry Jones Joan Leslie as Eileen Dibble George Tobias as Maxie Twardofsky Alan Hale as Sergeant McGee Charles Butterworth as Eddie Dibble Dolores Costello as Mrs. Davidson
Crew
Sol Polito — Director of Photography Bert Glennon — Director of Photography George Amy — Editor Casey Robinson — Screenplay Claude Binyon — Screenplay Jack L. Warner — Producer
Tagline

It's your own army - in the army's own show!

Synopsis

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Mood & Themes
armyworld war ii
Key Collaborators
Michael Curtiz Director Sol Polito Director of Photography Bert Glennon Director of Photography George Amy Editor Casey Robinson Screenplay Claude Binyon Screenplay Jack L. Warner Producer Hal B. Wallis Producer Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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