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True to the Army (1942) [N/A]

Featuring:
Judy Canova, Allan Jones, Ann Miller

Written by:
Art Arthur
Bradford Ropes
Edmund L. Hartmann

Directed by:
Albert S. Rogell


Release Date:
March 21, 1942

Original Title:
True to the Army

Genres:
Comedy | Music

Production Companies:
Paramount

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 77

From "Taps" to revelry... FUN is the order of the day!

Overview from TheMovieDB

A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.

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Overview from Open Movies

While doing her tight-rope act in a local circus, Daisy Hawkins (Judy Canova), sees the owner shot by gangsters. The gangsters are after her to eliminate the only eye witness and the police chase her to testify against the gangsters. Daisy goes to the nearby army camp where her sweetheart, J. Wethersby "Pinky" Fothergill (Jerry Colonna), is the chief carrier pigeon trainer. Rehearsal for the big army show is being held by Private Stephen Chandler (Allan Jones. Daisy, looking like just another female impersonator to him, is mistaken for one of the boys in the chorus. Pinky sets him straight and they cut Daisy's hair and get her into a uniform, but have to work hard to convince Sergeant Butts (William Demarest) she is one of the boys. Some honest-to-goodness pulchritude comes to the show when Vicki Marlowe (Ann Miller), the daughter of General Marlowe (Clarence Kolb), becomes interested in Chandler. Daisy wins a medal for marksmanship and the soldiers insist on taking "him" to celebrate at the town's hot spot. There, she is spotted by the gangsters when they see him/her polishing his/her nose.

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Rankings and Honors

True to the Army (1942) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.7/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
Albert S. Rogell

Director of Photography:
Daniel L. Fapp

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