Ronald Reagan and Kate Smith entertain in "This is the Army"
In this classic 1943 musical film, dancer Jerry Jones (George Murphy) is wounded in World War I. He finds that his showbiz options limited and becomes a entertainment producer.
Twenty five yars later, he puts on an all-soldier revue jampacked with Irving Berlin songs.
This war film includes Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" and a brief appearance by boxing legend Joe Louis and Ronald Reagan.
Director: Michael Curtiz
Producer: Hal Wallis
Production Company: Warner Bros
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Runtime: 114 min.
Stars: Kate Smith, Ronald Reagan, Irving Berlin
Full Cast List:
George Murphy as Jerry Jones
Alan Hale as Sgt. McGee
Dolores Costello as Mrs. Davidson
Stanley Ridges as Maj. John B. Davidson
Ruth Donnelly as Mrs. O'Brien
Frances Langford as Frances Langford
Kate Smith as Kate Smith
Joe Louis as Sgt. Joe Louis
Ezra Stone as Sgt. Stone
James Burrell as Cpl. Jimmy Burrell
Alan Manson as Soldier
Julie Oshins as Pvt. Twardofsky
Robert Shanley as Ted Nelson
James MacColl as Cpl. James MacColl
Ralph Magelssen as Soldier
John Cook Jr. as Pvt. Joe Cook, Jr.
The Allon Trio as Themselves
Warner Anderson as Kate Smith's announcer
Leah Baird as Old-timer's wife
Irving Berlin as Irving Berlin
Jackie Brown as Mike Nelson
Jimmy Butler as Soldier at camp
Jimmy Conlin as Stage doorman
Belmonte Cristiani as Pvt. Cristiani
John Daheim as Soldier at camp
Alan Dexter as Soldier
Geno Erbisti as Soldier
Martin Faust as Bit part
Ross Ford as Soldier at camp
Ilka Grüning as Mrs. Twardofsky
Hank Henry as Bit part
John James as Soldier at camp
Henry Jones as Mr. Brown (soldier-singer)
J.P. Mandes as Bit part
Pinkie Mitchell as Cpl. Mitchell
Patsie Moran as Marie Twardofsky
Allen Pomeroy as Soldier at camp
Sydney Robin as Bit part
Hayden Rorke as Soldier/Stage Manager
Arthur Steiner as Pvt. Steiner
Pierre Watkin as Stranger in audience
Bert Whitley as Soldier
George Tobias as Maxie Twardofsky
Charles Butterworth as Eddie Dibble
Una Merkel as Rose Dibble
Rosemary DeCamp as Ethel
Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Nelson
Gertrude Niesen as Singer at WW I recruiting station on Broadway
Ronald Reagan as Johnny Jones
Alan Anderson as Soldier
Tom D'Andrea as Tommy (soldier)
Ross Elliott as Soldier
John Prinze Mendes as Cpl. Mendes
Earl Oxford as Cpl. Oxford
Philip Truex as Cpl. Phil Truex
Herbert Anderson as Danny Davidson, s Sailor
Tilestone Perry as Cpl. Perry
Larry Weeks as Soldier
Murray Alper as Soldier
Irving Bacon as Waiter
Louis Bednarcik as Soldier
Dick Bernie as Pvt. Dick Bernie
Angelo Buono as Soldier
Frank Coghlan Jr. as Soldier at camp
Richard Crane as Sergeant on field march
James Cross as Tap dancer
Gayle DeCamp as Soldier at camp
John Draper as Bit part
Richard Farnsworth as Soldier
Sgt. Fisher as Blake Nelson
Art Foster as Soldier at camp
Eddie Hall as Sailor
Richard Irving as Bit part
Jerry Jarrett as Soldier
Fred Kelly as Bit part
Gary Merrill as Soldier
Victor Moore as Father of a soldier
Gene Nelson as Dancer
Richard Reeves as Soldier-singer
William Roerich as Bit part
Arthur Space as Soldier at camp with orders
Ernest Truex as Father of soldier
Doodles Weaver as Soldier on cot
Jack Young as Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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. DVD Release Date: February 12, 2002
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