Beverly Ross moderates a 5:30 AM radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a ... Read allBeverly Ross moderates a 5:30 AM radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a wealthy sponsor and the other used to be his chauffeur. Before she can decide which one sh... Read allBeverly Ross moderates a 5:30 AM radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a wealthy sponsor and the other used to be his chauffeur. Before she can decide which one she prefers, the soldiers have their marching orders and are away to their destination.
- Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
- (as Bob Crosby and His Orchestra)
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
- (as Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)
- The Mills Brothers
- (as Mills Brothers)
- Sgt. Anderson
- (uncredited)
- Collins
- (uncredited)
- Eddie - The Radio Rogues
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaJohnny Carson has said that while he was stationed on Guam in World War II, he saw this movie so many times he had memorized all the dialogue and most of the score.
- GoofsWhen Eddie gets into Barry's car for the first time, he tunes the radio to Beverly's station by pressing one of the five preset buttons and then fine-tuning just a little with the rotary knob. The location of the preset button he pushed and the place where the tuning indicator slid were not in the same section of the dial. Eddie had never been in the car before, so how did he know which button to push? The more logical thing for a complete stranger to do would have been to simply use the knob to move the selector.
- Quotes
Beverly Ross: It was my husband who made me realize that wash day hands were threatening our marriage.
Mrs. Beverly Ross: [listening to the commercial on the radio] That's Beverly now!
Beverly Ross: But I patted my husband's cheek and said, "Darling, you need a shave." Fancy my embarrassment when he replied, "Sweetheart, I just did shave. It's the palm of your hand that has the whiskers." Right then I got the idea that I needed an exotic hand lotion. Some notion - and some lotion.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Bell Telephone Hour: On the Road with Duke Ellington (1967)
A young (19 when the picture was filmed in late 1942) Ann Miller does her best in this film - it's too bad that they didn't add another dance number or two for her, though! But the one number she does perform is done very, very well (as usual for Ms Miller).
Watch for Ella Mae Morris and Freddy Slack's Orchastra with an excellent example of WWII music! Ella Mae Morris was one of the most requested singers by our soldiers during WWII - and you can see why after watching this film! At that time, Ella Mae was to singing as Ann Miller was to dancing - and Slack's Orchastra was one of the top bands during the war era, mainly because of Freddy Slacks ability with the Piano.
Also, a rather stiff young singer by the name of Frank Sinatra has a musical number in the film. In it you can see why he was becoming the heart throb of the female teens back then.
I was a preteen and then a very young teen during this era and it brings back many memories. In late 1942 when this movie was filmed (released in early 1943), the U.S. was not winning the war at all - just battling almost to a stalemate in the Pacific (at a terrible cost of lives), and not able to do much of anything in Europe. A small number of U.S. troops were sent to Africa to help the British that were having a rough time with the German/Italian forces entrenched in the Northern coast, though.
America desperately needed films like this to keep peoples spirits up. Like many Americans, I had relatives in Europe that were literally run over by Hitler's troops - troops that were easily sweeping through European country after country. Would America fall to the German Blitzgrieg? No one knew at that time, and everyone was scared! Films such as this helped rally American workers to produce an unbelievable amount of weapons. The shear number of planes, tanks, artillery, and the like that were turned out played a large part in overwhelming the enemy.
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- Apr 4, 2008
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- Swing-rytmer
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- Budget
- $40,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1