This Is the Army
14/08/1943
2h 1m



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.
Cast


George Murphy
Jerry Jones


Joan Leslie
Eileen Dibble


George Tobias
Maxie Twardofsky


Alan Hale
Sergeant McGee


Charles Butterworth
Eddie Dibble


Dolores Costello
Mrs. Davidson


Una Merkel
Rose Dibble


Stanley Ridges
John Davidson


Rosemary DeCamp
Ethel Jones


Ruth Donnelly
Mrs. O'Brien


Dorothy Peterson
Mrs. Nelson


Frances Langford
Herself


Gertrude Niesen
World War One Vocalist


Kate Smith
Herself


Ronald Reagan
Johnny Jones
Joe Louis
Joe Louis


Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin (uncredited)


Dan Dailey
Soldier (uncredited)


Richard Farnsworth
Soldier (uncredited)


Gary Merrill
Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)


Gene Nelson
Soldier (uncredited)


Hayden Rorke
Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)
James Cross
Stump


Alan Dexter
Soldier (uncredited)


Tom D'Andrea
Tom D'Andrea


Herbert Anderson
Danny Davidson


John Daheim
Soldier (uncredited)


Richard Irving
Mandy In Yellow Dress (uncredited)


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


Ethelreda Leopold
Woman in D.C. Audience (uncredited)


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


Ernest Truex
Soldier's Father (uncredited)
Julie Oshins


William Roerick
Mr. Green


Ross Elliott
Officer in Magician Skit


Alan Manson
Hunting Skit Straight Man /Jane Cowl


Irving Bacon
Waiter (uncredited)


Richard Crane
Sergeant on Field March (uncredited)


Doodles Weaver
Soldier (uncredited)
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