Johnny Doughboy

Johnny Doughboy

64 mins | Music | Dec. 31, 1942

A grown-up Jane Withers is joined by a whole slew of former child stars in the lightweight Republic musical Johnny Doughboy. Withers capably essays the part of a teenaged movie star who tires of the spotlight and runs away from Hollywood. Adopting an alias, she joins "The Junior Victory Caravan", a group of youthful USO performers. She also pursues a romance with much-older playwright Henry Wilcoxon, only to be (deliberately) disillusioned by the man. Among the juvenile favorites making cameo appearances in Johnny Doughboy are Bobby Breen, Baby Sandy, Butch & Buddy, Cora Sue Collins, Robert Coogan (Jackie's brother) and ex-"Little Rascals" George "Spanky" McFarland and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.

Johnny Doughboy

64 mins | Music | Dec. 31, 1942

Johnny Doughboy
A grown-up Jane Withers is joined by a whole slew of former child stars in the lightweight Republic musical Johnny Doughboy. Withers capably essays the part of a teenaged movie star who tires of the spotlight and runs away from Hollywood. Adopting an alias, she joins "The Junior Victory Caravan", a group of youthful USO performers. She also pursues a romance with much-older playwright Henry Wilcoxon, only to be (deliberately) disillusioned by the man. Among the juvenile favorites making cameo appearances in Johnny Doughboy are Bobby Breen, Baby Sandy, Butch & Buddy, Cora Sue Collins, Robert Coogan (Jackie's brother) and ex-"Little Rascals" George "Spanky" McFarland and Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Johnny Doughboy
Directors John H. Auer
Writers Frederick Kohner, Lawrence Kimble

Cast

Jane Withers

as Ann Winters / Penny Ryan

Henry Wilcoxon

as Oliver Lawrence

Jack Boyle

as Johnny Kelly

William Demarest

as Harry Fabian

Ruth Donnelly

as Biggy Biggsworth

Etta McDaniel

as Mammy

Joline Westbrook

as Jennifer Lawrence

Bobby Breen

as Bobby Breen

Baby Sandy

as Baby Sandy

Carl Switzer

as Alfalfa

George McFarland

as Spanky McFarland

Patrick Brook

as Johnny Kelly

Billy Lenhart

as Butch

Kenneth Brown

as Buddy

Cora Sue Collins

as Cora Sue Collins

Robert Coogan

as Robert Coogan

Grace Costello

as Grace Costello

Karl Kiffe

as Karl Kiffe

Jackie Brown

as Newsboy

Arthur Q. Bryan

as Irish Mayor

Marietta Canty

as Sweetheart

Joe Conti

as Joe

Douglas Cooper

as Newsboy

Herbert Evans

as Butler

Beverly Hudson

as Beverly

Dickie Humphreys

as Dickie

Marilyn Kay

as Sweetheart

Frank Kent

as Newsboy

Lucille Lambert

as Sweetheart

Dickie Love

as Acrobat

Sam McDaniel

as Cook

Harry McKim

as Newsboy

Norman Nesbitt

as Bus Driver

Norma Varden

as Miss Penticott

Cecil Weston

as Mother

Lloyd Whitlock

as Army Major

Dorothy Kelly

as Sweetheart