Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Release Date: Apr 27, 1944 Wide
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Two Girls and a Sailor is another of those all-star, no-plot wartime musicals turned out by the bushel basket in the 1940s. Its lack of nuance does not lessen its entertainment value in the least. Gloria DeHaven and June Allyson play a couple of well-meaning sisters who stage their own USO shows in their apartment for the benefit of visiting servicemen. They'd like to expand their show, so GI Van Johnson, who happens to be a millionaire, buys an empty factory and has it converted into a canteen.
Apr 27, 1944 Wide
Warner Home Video
Cast
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Van Johnson
John Dyckman Brown III -
June Allyson
Patsy Deyo -
Gloria de Haven
Jean Deyo -
Jimmy Durante
Billy Kipp -
Lena Horne
Specialty -
Gracie Allen
Concerto Number -
Jose Iturbi
Himself -
Tom Drake
Frank Miller -
Henry Stephenson
John Dyckman Brown I -
Henry O'Neill
John Dyckman Brown II -
Ben Blue
Ben -
Carlos Ramirez
Carlos -
Frank Sully
Pvt. Adams -
Albert Coates
Himself -
Donald Meek
Mr. Nizby -
Virginia O'Brien
Herself -
Frank Jenks
Dick Deyo -
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Lina Romay
Herself -
Lee Bennett Sobel
Friend -
Fred Coby
Sailor -
William Frambes
Boy Vaudevillian -
Ava Gardner
Rockette Girl -
Harry James
Himself -
Charles Hayes
Man in Evening Clothes -
Eilene Janssen
Patsy -
Sheldon Jett
Fat Man -
Eddie Kane
Headwaiter -
Nolan Leary
Durante's Double -
Sandra Lee
Jean -
Thomas Louden
Butler -
Peggy Maley
Girl -
Doreen McCann
Patsy -
Ed Mortimer
Middle-aged Folk -
Leo Mostovoy
Waiter -
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Joan Thorsen
Gladys Deyo -
Arthur J. Walsh
Lonesome Soldier -
Doodles Weaver
Soldier -
Eve Whitney
Bejeweled Woman -
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Joe Yule
Carpenter -
Xavier Cugat
Himself -
Don Loper
Small Town Wolf -
Ruth Cherrington
Stout Lady -
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Fred Rapport
Captain of Waiters -
Kay Williams
Girl Flirt -
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Shelby Payne
Cigarette Girl -
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Pedestrian but pleasing MGM second tier musical starring Van Johnson and June Allyson.
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I mention that because TWO GIRLS AND A SAILOR has such a lightweight plot that you can view it at any point and not really miss too much. The film is more a showcase for some of the popular musical stars of the time that the plot seems more like window dressing. This is definitely a film to steer one's mind away from WWII, if only for a moment.
It stars June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven and Van Johnson as the title characters. The young Van Johnson was a very popular heartthrob at the time (2nd only to Frank Sinatra) and would have been a big draw to the female crowd. June Allyson and Gloria DeHaven never looked more beautiful than they do in this...and would have been the draw to the male crowd. There are also a bevy of beauties in this that would have been very popular with the soldiers and sailor watching this: Lena Horne sings "Paper Doll". Virginia O'Brien (yum) sings "Take It Easy". Gloria DeHaven sings "My Mother Told Me" and June Allyson sings "The Young Man With A Horn" - referring to bandleader Harry James...which segues into a nifty jitterbug dance with a sad-faced soldier. A very young-looking Ava Gardner is easily recognizable as an extra (uncredited).
Adding a latin flavor is bandleader Xavier Cugat and singer Lina Romay (who looks kinda like Salma Hayek, if ya ask me).
Jimmy Durante plays a former vaudevillian and adds comic relief (here he performs his signature number "Inka Dinka Doo"...as does Gracie Allen doing a comedic "piece" on the piano. Scanning the credits in IMDb - I was surprised to see that Buster Keaton had a part in this too - but his scenes were cut...hmmmm.
The film has the style and glitz of the MGM imprimatur but isn't as well remembered...
serving more as a time capsule for the music and comedic style of the war years.
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