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Summary:

When screen star Tony West is rejected for military service, he turns his talents to organizing big-name stars into camp shows for the enlisted men. Unfortunately, his efforts are so all-consuming that they threaten the relationship with his pregnant wife.

Contributors:

Breslow, Lou , screenwriter

Purcell, Gertrude , screenwriter

Feldman, Charles K., 1904-1968 , producer

Sutherland, A. Edward (Albert Edward), 1897-1973 , director

Raft, George , actor

Zorina, Vera , actor

Grapewin, Charles, 1869-1956 , actor

Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994 , performer

MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965 , performer

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 , performer

Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946 , performer

Andrews Sisters , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Charles K. Feldman Group Productions

Universal Pictures Corporation

MCA Universal Home Video (Firm)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English. Closed captioned.

Main Work:

Follow the boys (Motion picture : 1944)

Subjects:

Motion picture actors and actresses — United States — Drama

World War, 1939-1945 — War work — United States — Drama

Entertainers — United States — Drama

World War (1939-1945)

1939-1945

War work

Entertainers

Motion picture actors and actresses

United States

Genres:

Motion pictures

Musical films

Fiction films

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

VHS, NTSC.

Performers:

Cast: George Raft, Vera Zorina, Charles Grapewin, Grace McDonald, Charles Butterworth, George Macready, Elizabeth Patterson; guests: Ted Lewis, Sophie Tucker, the Andrews Sisters, Donald O'Connor & Peggy Ryan, Jeanette MacDonald, Orson Welles' Mercury Wonder Show with Marlene Dietrich, Dinah Shore, Artur Rubenstein, Martha O'Driscoll, W.C. Fields, Carmen Amaya, the Delta Rhythym Boys, Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra, Louis Jordan and his Orchestra.

Production Credits:

"Soldiers in greasepaint" epilogue by Joe Schoenfeld ; director of photography, David Abel ; editor, Fred R. Feitshans, Jr.

General Notes:

Originally produced in 1944.
Gift: Bequest of Joe Morris, November 2013.

Audience:

Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (111 min.) : sound, black & white ; 1/2 in.

Physical Characteristics:

polyester; 1/2 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

analog; magnetic; mono

Video Characteristics:

VHS; NTSC

Call Numbers:

MV 14681

ISBNs:

0783210965
9780783210964

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 096898059435

OCLC Numbers:

31991512