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This Is the Army( 1943)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George Murphy

      Jerry Jones

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      Joan Leslie

      Eileen Dibble

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      George Tobias

      Maxie Twardofsky

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      Alan Hale

      Sergeant McGee

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      Charles Butterworth

      Eddie Dibble

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      Dolores Costello

      Mrs. Davidson

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      Una Merkel

      Rose Dibble

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      Stanley Ridges

      John Davidson

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      Rosemary DeCamp

      Ethel Jones

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      Ruth Donnelly

      Mrs. O'Brien

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      Dorothy Peterson

      Mrs. Nelson

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      Frances Langford

      Herself

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      Gertrude Niesen

      World War One Vocalist

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      Kate Smith

      Herself

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      Ronald Reagan

      Johnny Jones

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      Joe Louis

      Joe Louis

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      Irving Berlin

      Irving Berlin (uncredited)

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      Dan Dailey

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Richard Farnsworth

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Gary Merrill

      Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)

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      Gene Nelson

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Hayden Rorke

      Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)

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      James Cross

      Stump

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      Alan Dexter

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Tom D'Andrea

      Tom D'Andrea

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      Herbert Anderson

      Danny Davidson

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      John Daheim

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Richard Irving

      Mandy In Yellow Dress (uncredited)

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      Henry Jones

      Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)

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      Ethelreda Leopold

      Woman in D.C. Audience (uncredited)

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      Richard Reeves

      Moore's Son's Dance Partner - 'Ladies of Chorus' (uncredited)

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      Ernest Truex

      Soldier's Father (uncredited)

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      Julie Oshins

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      William Roerick

      Mr. Green

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      Ross Elliott

      Officer in Magician Skit

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      Alan Manson

      Hunting Skit Straight Man /Jane Cowl

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      Irving Bacon

      Waiter (uncredited)

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      Richard Crane

      Sergeant on Field March (uncredited)

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      Doodles Weaver

      Soldier (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jul 07 2025
    With poor old “Johnny” (Ronald Reagan) reluctant to get married to his a childhood sweetheart “Eileen” (Joan Leslie) with his draft looming, he finds himself with another sort of draft altogether. That one sees him, and a cast of hundreds, involved in putting on the ultimate in wartime entertainment that has just about everything except Bob Hope! Directed by Michael Curtiz, the next couple of hours is spent combining their rather predicable romantic shenanigans with an whole array of rousing musical numbers ranging from toe-tapping drag to large-scale choreographed marching routines - all for t...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • army
    • world war ii