Description

This Is the Army is a 1943 American wartime musical film comedy film produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner, and directed by Michael Curtiz, adapted from a wartime stage musical with the same name, designed to boost morale in the U.S. during World War II, directed by Ezra Stone. The screenplay by Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon was based on the 1942 Broadway theatre musical theatre by Irving Berlin, who also composed the film’s 19 songs and broke screen protocol by singing one of them. The movie features a large ensemble cast, including George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Alan Hale, Sr., Rosemary DeCamp, and Ronald Reagan, while both the stage play and film included soldiers of the United States Army who were actors and performers in civilian life.

Cast

• George Murphy as Jerry Jones
• Joan Leslie as Eileen Dibble
• George Tobias as Maxie Twardofsky
• Alan Hale, Sr. as Sgt. McGee
• Charles Butterworth (actor) as Eddie Dibble
• Dolores Costello as Mrs. Davidson
• Una Merkel as Rose Dibble
• Stanley Ridges as Maj. John B. Davidson
• Rosemary DeCamp as Ethel Jones
• Ruth Donnelly as Mrs. O’Brien
• Dorothy Peterson as Mrs. Nelson
• Gertrude Niesen as WWI Vocalist
• Ronald Reagan as Cpl. Johnny Jones

As Themselves:

• Irving Berlin
• Frances Langford
• Joe Louis
• Kate Smith
• Ezra Stone