Follow the Boys
Follow the Boys also known as Three Cheers for the Boys is a 1944 musical film made by Universal Pictures during World War II as an all-star cast morale booster to entertain the troops abroad and the civilians at home. The film was directed by A. Edward "Eddie" Sutherland and produced by Charles K. Feldman. The movie stars George Raft and Vera Zorina and features Grace McDonald, Charles Grapewin, Regis Toomey and George Macready. At one point in the film, Orson Welles saws Marlene Dietrich in half during a magic show. W.C. Fields, in his first movie since 1941, performs a classic pool-playing presentation he first developed in vaudeville four decades earlier in 1903.
Plot
Tony West performs in vaudeville in a group with his father Nick and sister Kitty, The decline of vaudeville forces the group to split up and Tony goes to Hollywood to try to make it in movies. He works at Universal Pictures, where he becomes screen partners with, and then the husband of, star Gloria Vance.
Cast
- Addison Richards
- Alan Curtis
- Andy Devine
- Arthur Rubinstein
- Carmen Amaya Amaya
- Charles Butterworth
- Charles D. Brown
- Charley Grapewin
- Clarence Muse
- Clyde Cook
- Cyril Ring
- Dennis Moore
- Dinah Shore
- Donald O'Connor
- Doris Lloyd
- Edmund Mortimer
- Elizabeth Patterson
- Elyse Knox
- Emmett Vogan
- Evelyn Ankers
- Frank Jenks
- Frank Wilcox
- Gale Sondergaard
- George Eldredge
- George Macready
- George Raft
- Howard Hickman
- Jan Wiley
- Jeanette MacDonald
- Lane Chandler
- Lon Chaney Jr.
- Louise Beavers
- Maria Montez
- Marlene Dietrich
- Martha O'Driscoll
- Maxie Rosenbloom
- Molly Lamont
- Noah Beery Jr.
- Orson Welles
- Peggy Ryan
- Peter Coe
- Philo McCullough
- Ralph Dunn
- Ramsay Ames
- Randolph Scott
- Regis Toomey
- Richard Crane
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Stanley Andrews
- Steve Brodie
- Susanna Foster
- The Andrews Sisters
- Theodore von Eltz
- Thomas Gomez
- Thurston Hall
- Turhan Bey
- Vera Zorina
- W. C. Fields
- Walter Abel
- William Forrest
More details
| author | Lou Breslow |
|---|---|
| director | A. Edward Sutherland John Rawlins |
| editor | Fred R. Feitshans Jr. |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | dedicate entertain kill magic trick vaudeville war effort world war ii |
| musicBy | Fred E. Ahlert |
| producer | Charles K. Feldman |
| productionCompany | Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| theme | musical romantic comedy romantic musical |