Four Jills in a Jeep

1944
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1h 29m

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Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Mitzi Mayfair, and Martha Raye in Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

Re-enactments of the real-life USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.Re-enactments of the real-life USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.Re-enactments of the real-life USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

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6.2/10

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Trivia
Five songs were dropped from the release print: "Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer" (music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Harold Adamson), sung with a bit of comedy by Martha Raye; the slightly risqué "SNAFU" (music by McHugh, lyrics by Adamson), sung and danced by Martha Raye, Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair; "It's the Old Army Game" (music by McHugh, lyrics by Adamson), performed by Kay Francis (reciting rather than singing while supposedly playing the piano), plus Raye, Landis and Mayfair; "Silent Night" (music by Franz Xaver Gruber, lyrics by 'Josef Mohr'); sung by Martha Raye; and "Mamae Yo Quero" (music by Vicente Paiva, Portuguese lyrics by Jararaca), sung and danced by Carmen Miranda. All five songs as filmed still exist.

Connections
Edited into All This and World War II (1976)

Soundtracks
Over There
Written by George M. Cohan
Played during opening credits
Also background music featuring [link-nm1257475]
Sung briefly in harmony by Kay Francis, Eliseu Ricardo, Mitzi Mayfair and Carole Landis.

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Featured review

5/10

It's OK But Nothing Great

Wartime musical comedy about four actresses (Kay Francis, Martha Raye, Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair, playing themselves) touring with the USO. The film is based on the book of the same name written by Landis, based on her experiences with the USO. Some good musical numbers but the comedy (mostly Raye) is the pits.

Landis is beautiful and glamorous as always. Francis seems matronly and out of place. Raye hams it up as she often did in her films. Her brand of comedy isn't to my tastes. Mayfair I was unfamiliar with prior to this film. She doesn't really leave an impression here, good or bad. She's the Zeppo of the group I guess. Support from Dick Haymes and Phil Silvers. Also features Jimmy Dorsey, Betty Grable, Alice Faye, and Carmen Miranda as themselves.