''Rookies on Parade'' is a 1941
Republic Pictures
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musical
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–
comedy film
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that was the studios entry into the pre-World War II Army comedy genre. The Army
technical advisor
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was Captain
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who performed the same duty on the 1941 films ''
You're in the Army Now
''You're in the Army Now'' is a 1941 comedy film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman, and Regis Toomey.
It featured the longest kiss in film (lasting three minutes and five seconds), between Toomey and ...
'', ''
You'll Never Get Rich
''You'll Never Get Rich'' is a 1941 Hollywood musical comedy film with a wartime theme directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, Cliff Nazarro, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The title stems f ...
'', and ''
Buck Privates
''Buck Privates'' is a 1941 musical film, musical military comedy film that turned Bud Abbott and Lou Costello into bona fide movie stars. It was the first service comedy based on the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, peacetime draft o ...
''. The film was directed by
Joseph Santley
Joseph Mansfield Santley (born Joseph Ishmael Mansfield, January 10, 1890 – August 8, 1971) was an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, director, and producer of musical theatre, musical theatre, theatrical plays motion pictures and tele ...
.
Bob Crosby
George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younge ...
,
Ruth Terry,
Eddie Foy Jr.
Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. (February 4, 1905 – July 15, 1983), known professionally as Eddie Foy Jr., was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Early life
Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. was born on February 4, 1905, in New Rochelle, New York, the ...
, and
Marie Wilson star.
Cast
*
Bob Crosby
George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats were a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younge ...
as Duke Wilson
*
Ruth Terry as Lois Rogers
*
Gertrude Niesen
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Early years
Niesen was born aboard ship as her Swe ...
as Marilyn Fenton
*
Eddie Foy Jr.
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Edwin Fitzgerald Jr. was born on February 4, 1905, in New Rochelle, New York, the ...
as Cliff Dugan
*
Marie Wilson as Kitty Mulloy
*
Cliff Nazarro
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as Joe Martin
*
William Demarest
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as Mike Brady
*
Sidney Blackmer as Augustus Moody
*
Horace McMahon
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as Tiger Brannigan
*
William Wright as Bob Madison
*Jimmy Alexander as Tommy
Production
Marie Wilson met
Allan Nixon
Allan Hobbs Nixon (August 17, 1915 – April 13, 1995) was an American actor and novelist.
Career
Nixon was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1915. He studied journalism the University of Richmond but left college to play football professiona ...
when she was starring and he played a supporting role in the film. Though she was considered engaged to
Nick Grinde
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Born Harry A. Grinde in Madison, Wisconsin but nicknamed "Nick," Grinde graduated from th ...
, Wilson and Nixon eloped and later divorced.
Soundtrack
''I Love You More''
Lyrics by
Sammy Cahn
Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premier ...
Music by Saul Chaplin
''What More Do You Want''
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Saul Chaplin
''My Kinda Music''
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Saul Chaplin
''You'll Never Get Rich''
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Saul Chaplin
Performed by Eddie Foy Jr.
''Mother Never Told Me''
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Saul Chaplin
Sung by Ruth Terry
''Rookies on Parade''
Music by
Jule Styne
Jule Styne (; born Julius Kerwin Stein; December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was an English-American songwriter and composer best known for a series of Broadway musicals, including several famous frequently-revived shows that also became s ...
Lyrics by Eddie Cherkose
''Chula Chi Hua Hua''
Written by Jule Styne, Sidney Clare and Nick Castle
''
Londonderry Air
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''
Traditional
Music Arranged by Jule Styne
New Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell
Release
''Rookies on Parade'' was released in theatres April 17, 1941.
References
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1941 films
1941 musical comedy films
American black-and-white films
1940s English-language films
Military humor in film
Republic Pictures films
American World War II films
Films directed by Joseph Santley
American musical comedy films
1940s American films
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