Movie
This Is the Army
Released: August 14, 1943 (1943)
Runtime: 121 minutes
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance, War
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Stanley Ridges as John Davidson
Age at release: 53
- Alan Hale as Sergeant McGee
Age at release: 51
- Charles Butterworth as Eddie Dibble
Age at release: 47
- Ruth Donnelly as Mrs. O'Brien
Age at release: 47
- George Tobias as Maxie Twardofsky
Age at release: 42
- George Murphy as Jerry Jones
Age at release: 41
- Dolores Costello as Mrs. Davidson
Age at release: 39
- Una Merkel as Rose Dibble
Age at release: 39
- Rosemary DeCamp as Ethel Jones
Age at release: 32
- Joan Leslie as Eileen Dibble
Age at release: 18
Show more cast
- Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Nelson
Age at release: 45
- Kate Smith as Herself
Age at release: 36
- Tom D'Andrea as Tom D'Andrea
Age at release: 34
- Gertrude Niesen as World War One Vocalist
Age at release: 32
- Ronald Reagan as Johnny Jones
Age at release: 32
- Hayden Rorke as Soldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)
Age at release: 32
- Henry Jones as Mr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
- Richard Reeves as Moore's Son's Dance Partner - 'Ladies of Chorus' (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
- Frances Langford as Herself
Age at release: 30
- Joe Louis as Joe Louis
Age at release: 29
- Ethelreda Leopold as Woman in D.C. Audience (uncredited)
Age at release: 29
- Gary Merrill as Backstage MP on Right (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
- Dan Dailey as Soldier (uncredited)
Age at release: 27
- John Daheim as Soldier (uncredited)
Age at release: 27
- Herbert Anderson as Danny Davidson
Age at release: 26
- Richard Irving as Mandy In Yellow Dress (uncredited)
Age at release: 26
- Alan Dexter as Soldier (uncredited)
Age at release: 24
- Gene Nelson as Soldier (uncredited)
Age at release: 23
- Richard Farnsworth as Soldier (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
- James Cross as Stump
Age at release: Unknown