About this release
Based both on the play by Irving Berlin of the same name and his musical, Yip Yip Yaphank, this film pays tribute to American soldiers fighting in WW II (though Yip... was aimed at WW I) by providing a plot that includes a big Broadway-like show featuring many musical numbers. The all-star cast includes Ronald Reagan, George Murphy, Stanley Ridges, Kate Smith, Joe Louis and even Irving Berlin himself.
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Disc 1
DVD
This Is the Army (1943)
121 min
ComedyWarRomanceMusic
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.
Credits
Director
Michael Curtiz
Writer
Casey Robinson
Claude Binyon
Cast
George Murphyas Jerry Jones
Joan Leslieas Eileen Dibble
George Tobiasas Maxie Twardofsky
Alan Haleas Sergeant McGee
Charles Butterworthas Eddie Dibble
Dolores Costelloas Mrs. Davidson
Una Merkelas Rose Dibble
Stanley Ridgesas John Davidson
Rosemary DeCampas Ethel Jones
Ruth Donnellyas Mrs. O'Brien
Cinematographer
Sol Polito
Bert Glennon
Editor
George Amy
Producer
Jack L. Warner
Hal B. Wallis
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 23, 2026