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Release Date:
September 2, 1946
Original Title:
Meet the Navy
Genres:
Comedy | Music | War
Production Companies:
British National Films
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
During World War II, the Canadian Navy gathered a troupe of diverse performers (dancers, comedians, singers, musicians) from its ranks and sent them off to entertain their shipmates, and the show/revue ultimately played London's Hioopodrome. The acceptance was based more on wartime-London's appreciation of the gallantry of Britain's sons and daughters from over the seas than it was on the artistic value of the show or the talent of the performers. The film is a fictional/fact mixture of the adventures of the troupe members, and the ending, only part filmed in Technicolor, is primarily the Revue as seen at the Hippodrome.
Art Direction:
C. Wilfred Arnold
Assistant Director:
Gerry O'Hara
Associate Producer:
J.P. Connolly
Camera Operator:
Moray Grant
Director:
Alfred Travers
Director of Photography:
Ernest Palmer
Editor:
Lito Carruthers
Hairstylist:
Marjorie Whittle
Makeup Artist:
Harry Hayward
Music Director:
Ronnie Munro
Eric Wild
Producer:
Louis H. Jackson
Production Manager:
Fred A. Swan
Scenic Artist:
Olga Lehmann
Gilbert Wood
Sound Editor:
Jean Barker
Sound Recordist:
Len Shilton
Wardrobe Supervisor:
Maude Churchill
Writer:
Lester Cooper
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