This Is the Army

This Is the Army

121 mins | Comedy, Romance, War, Music | Aug. 14, 1943

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.

This Is the Army

121 mins | Comedy, Romance, War, Music | Aug. 14, 1943

This Is the Army
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title This Is the Army
Directors Michael Curtiz
Writers Claude Binyon, Casey Robinson

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

Una Merkel

as Rose Dibble

Stanley Ridges

as John Davidson

Rosemary DeCamp

as Ethel Jones

Ruth Donnelly

as Mrs. O'Brien

Dorothy Peterson

as Mrs. Nelson

Frances Langford

as Herself

Gertrude Niesen

as World War One Vocalist

Kate Smith

as Herself

Ronald Reagan

as Johnny Jones

Joe Louis

as Joe Louis

Irving Berlin

as Irving Berlin (uncredited)

Dan Dailey

as Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

as Soldier (uncredited)

Gary Merrill

as Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)

Gene Nelson

as Soldier (uncredited)

Hayden Rorke

as Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)

James Cross

as Stump