Priorities on Parade

Priorities on Parade

79 mins | Comedy, Music | July 23, 1942

Band leader Johnny Draper auditions his band, the Dixie Pixies, at the Eagle Aircraft Co., hoping to be hired to play for the workers in the plant. However, personnel manager E. V. Hartley can only offer them regular jobs, and when Johnny inspires the Dixie Pixies to work in the plant, lead singer and dancer Donna D'Arcy leaves the band for a singing job at the Club Martel in downtown Los Angeles.

Priorities on Parade

79 mins | Comedy, Music | July 23, 1942

Priorities on Parade
Band leader Johnny Draper auditions his band, the Dixie Pixies, at the Eagle Aircraft Co., hoping to be hired to play for the workers in the plant. However, personnel manager E. V. Hartley can only offer them regular jobs, and when Johnny inspires the Dixie Pixies to work in the plant, lead singer and dancer Donna D'Arcy leaves the band for a singing job at the Club Martel in downtown Los Angeles.
Producers Paramount
Original title Priorities on Parade
Directors Albert S. Rogell
Writers Art Arthur, Frank Loesser

Cast

Ann Miller

as Donna D'Arcy

Johnny Johnston

as Johnny Draper

Jerry Colonna

as Jeep Jackson

Betty Jane Rhodes

as Lee Davis

Barbara Jo Allen

as Mariposa Ginsbotham

Harry Barris

as Harvey Erkimer

Eddie Quillan

as Sticks O'Hara

Dave Willock

as Push Gasper

Nick Cockrane

as Frank - Cornetist

Rod Cameron

as Stage Manager

Arthur Loft

as E. V. Hartley

William Forrest

as Col. Reeves

Warren Ashe

as 1st Examiner

Charles Halton

as 2nd Examiner

Lee Shumway

as Jones