This Is the Army

Name: This Is the Army
Director: Michael Curtiz
Released: 1943
Duration: 121 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Alan Hale, Charles Butterworth

1943 · 121 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 1,397 VOTES · DIR. Michael Curtiz

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,636 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:10:34 It's your country and my country

00:15:37 Yes, Mrs. O'Brien.

00:19:12 ...and sometimes a song or a smile is just as vitaI to an army as food.

00:23:30 I'll sing in first-person chorus and you join in.

00:27:08 [GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS]

00:31:26 Czechoslovakia, annihilated. Albania, invaded. "

00:38:10 Even his best clothes.

00:42:35 That's what I thought.

00:46:34 - There wouldn't be any more world. - You're so unreasonable.

00:50:06 It'll be something for the boys to remember.

00:53:53 Company, attention.

00:58:24 They're in the Army and not in a band

01:01:56 Come on. Get serious.

01:06:28 Which is your son, Mr. Truex?

01:11:07 [WHISTLE BLOWS]

01:17:00 " Ladies of the Chorus. " Curtain.

01:21:52 Mr Dude has disappeared With his flashy tie

01:28:15 Hip hip hooray The Army has had its say

01:33:30 Yeah, I know. But what has that got to do with us?

01:39:52 But I have got Alfred.

01:44:54 [APPLAUSE]

01:50:23 - Hello, darling. - Hello.

01:55:30 [APPLAUSE]

01:59:54 This is the finaI performance of your soldier show.

Cast & Characters

George Murphy Jerry Jones Joan Leslie Eileen Dibble George Tobias Maxie Twardofsky Alan Hale Sgt. McGee Charles Butterworth Eddie Dibble Dolores Costello Mrs. Davidson Una Merkel Rose Dibble Stanley Ridges Maj. John B. Davidson Rosemary DeCamp Ethel Jones Ruth Donnelly Mrs. O'Brien

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,636

Dialogue density13.5 lines / min

First line00:10:34

Final line01:59:54

Production Record

DirectorMichael Curtiz

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,397