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Released June 12, 1942
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Universal
68 min. (Feature Film)

A Universal Army enlistment promotion, produced as a musical showcase for Harry James, the Andrews Sisters, Joe E. Lewis, and Donald O'Connor & Peggy Ryan. The film's thin plot has James drafted, and joining him is the band's lead vocalist Lon Prentice (Dick Foran), who doesn't believe that Army training and regulations are necessary for anyone of his skill and fame.

Shemp Howard steals the film whenever James and the Andrews aren't performing. As Sgt. Snavely, he's effectively teamed with Mary Wickes as his shrewish fiancee, trying desperately to keep her away from the attentions of nightclub comic and USO performer Lancelot Pringle McBiff (Joe E. Lewis). Shemp also has the opportunity to clown onstage with the Andrews Sisters during a musical finale, as they perform Don't Sit Under the Appletree. Arguably, Shemp's best solo feature film credit.

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Avg. Rating: [6.00/10]
 
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Dick Foran
Lon Prentice

Shemp Howard
Sgt. Muggsy Snavel

Mary Wickes
Bonnie-Bell Schlopkiss

Joe E. Lewis
Lancelot Pringle McBiff

Joe Geil
Corky / The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Tommy Rall
Private / The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Jean McNab
The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Dolores Mitchell
The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Dorothy Babb
The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Jane McNab
The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Roland Dupree
The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Robert Scheerer
The Jivin' Jacks and Jills

Huntz Hall
Cpl. Anemic

Richard Davies
Lt. Howard Mason

Gene O'Donnell
Pvt. McAllister

Susan Levine
Tag-a-Long

Jennifer Holt
Joyce Mason

Ernest Truex
Col. Weatherford

Edwin Stanley
Maj. Evans

Edmund Glover
Private Prescott

Wade Boteler
Recruiting Sergeant

George Chandler
Enlistment Sergeant

Pat Flaherty
Drill Sergeant

Billy Wayne
Sergeant

Eddie Bruce
Jeep driver

Sidney Miller
Jeep driver

Robert Emmett Keane
Nightclub owner

Eddie Acuff
Headwaiter

William H. O'Brien
Joseph, waiter

Jeffrey Sayre
Tough waiter

Joey Ray
Waiter

Bess Flowers
Nightclub patron

Harold Miller
Nightclub patron

Ronald R. Rondell
Nightclub patron

Edmund Mortimer
Nightclub patron

Tom Quinn
Nightclub patron


Ken Goldsmith
Associate Producer

Edward James
Screenplay

Edmond Kelso
Screenplay

Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography

Milton Carruth
Film Editor

Jack Otterson
Art Director

Robert F. Boyle
Associate Art Director

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director

Paul Neal
Sound Technician

Harry James
Musical Director

Vic Schoen
Orchestrator

Jack Matthias
Orchestrator

Allie Wrubel
Music and Lyrics

Don Raye
Lyrics

Sid Robin
Lyrics

Vic Mizzy
Original Music

John Mattison
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