The Gang's All Here

1943
Approved
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, James Ellison, Alice Faye, and Benny Goodman in The Gang's All Here (1943)

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

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Musical Romance

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

2.1K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Trivia
The production number "The Lady In The Tutti-Frutti Hat" ran into problems with the censors. The Hayes office at first considered the way the gigantic bananas were held in front of the dancers as being too "phallic". The problem was resolved by having the dancers hold the bananas at waist level rather than at hip level.

Goofs
Incorrectly regarded as goof: As the passengers disembark the ship within the first 3 minutes of the film, a series of mechanical-looking large shadows can be easily seen moving across the painted backdrop of buildings intended to be far in the distance. This is actually a stage set of a musical production, thus not filmed as a real scene.

Quotes
Phil Baker: Oh, Dorita, you remember Mr. Potter and Mr. Mason.
Dorita: Ah! I remember Mr. Potty. You are here to kick up some more heels, huh?
Peyton Potter: No!
Phil Baker: Mr. Potter wants you to come to his house this weekend.
Dorita: Ah-ah-ah, you naughty boy. You are what they call a fast-work man, yes?

Connections
Edited into Myra Breckinridge (1970)

Soundtracks
Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!
(uncredited)
Music by Theodore Morse and Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by Dolly Morse (as D.A. Esrom)
Sung by a chorus during the opening credits

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Featured review

8/10

enjoyable, vintage 20th Century Fox musical

20th Century Fox pulled out all the stops for this Technicolor musical, "The Gang's All Here," directed by Busby Berkeley. There is a song at least every few minutes, wonderful singing, dancing, and comedy galore, and an absolutely threadbare plot. The story is of no consequence - the music is the thing, along with Carmen Miranda's gaudily-costumed numbers and delightful butchering of the English language.

This film was made to bolster spirits during the war and to sell war bonds, which is dealt with in part of the plot. I can't imagine anyone walking out of the theater with anything but a smile on their face.

Alice Faye is lovely and sings beautifully in her contralto, her main number being "A Journey to a Star." Miranda's big number, of course, is the classic "The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat" with the fabulous illusion at the end. Charlotte Greenwood gets to dance in "The Jitters" and she, Edward Everett Horton, and Eugene Palette provide excellent support. Benny Goodman's band is a standout, and I've always been a sucker for Benny's smooth, relaxed singing voice. Busby Berkeley's numbers are spectacular, particularly the finale - but somehow, I can't see it being done on someone's lawn! I agree with one of the posters, these Fox musicals need to be packaged into a collection and put out on DVD. They're too much fun to miss.