This Is the Army (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Curtiz |
| Producer(s) | Hal B. Wallis, Jack L. Warner |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | World War I, World War II |
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This Is the Army (1943) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Jack L. Warner.
Academy Awards 1943 --- Ceremony Number 16 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: John Hughes, Lt. John Koenig; Interior Decoration: George J. Hopkins | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Ray Heindorf | Won |
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This Is the Army (1943)
By Beatrice on Oct 18, 2014 From Flickers in TimeThis Is the Army Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon 1943/USA Warner Bros First viewing/Netflix rental Variety show movie musicals were all the rage in 1943. ?This might be the most patriotic of them all, with its chorus of soldiers and tunes by Irving Berlin. Th... Read full article
Memorial Day Musical Monday: This is the Army (1943)
on May 26, 2014 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: ?This is the Army? ?Musical ... Read full article
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Ethel: Well, of course.
Jerry Jones: Wonderful. Congratulations, darling, you're a war bride. I've just been drafted.
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This film is the only one to star a U.S. President, a U.S. Senator, a state governor and two Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild. Ronald Reagan was President of the U.S. from 1981-1989, Governor of California from 1967-1975 and President of SAG from 1947-1952 and 1959-1960; George Murphy was Senator from California 1965-1971 and President of SAG 1944-1946. They filmed the movie prior to having been elected to any of the offices mentioned.
When Irving Berlin was filming his rendition of "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning", one of the stagehands, unaware of who the singer was, supposedly said that if the guy who wrote the song could hear Berlin's singing, he'd roll over in his grave.
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