Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematographie des Holocaust
ID |
FBW001004 Spielfilm |
Land / Jahr |
USA, 1944 |
Originaltitel |
Follow the Boys |
Andere Titel |
Three Cheers for the Boys [AT] / Hollywood Parade [FR] |
Regie |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Produktion |
Charles K. Feldman Group Productions, Inc, Beverly Hills; für Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Universal City, CA / New York, NY |
Prod. / Stab |
Produzent: Charles K. Feldman; Drehbuch: Lou Breslow, Gertrude Purcell; Kamera: David Abel; Optische Spezialeffekte: John P. Fulton; Schnitt: Hans R. Feitshans, Jr.; Ton: Robert Pritchard; Ton-Überwachung: Bernard B. Brown; Bauten: John B. Goodman, Harold H. MacArthur; Ausstattung: Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb; Kostüme: Vera West, Howard Greer; Musikalische Leitung: Leigh Harline; Lieder: Sammy Cahn ("Where Did You Learn To Love?"), Dick Charles ("Mad About Him, Sad Without Him", "How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues"), Walter Donaldson ("Tonight"), Louis Jordan ("Is You Is, Is You Ain't"), Larry Markes ("Mad About Him, Sad Without Him", "How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues"), Jule Styne ("I'll Walk Alone", "Where Did You Learn To Love?"); Liedtexte: Sammy Cahn ("Where Did You Learn To Love?"), Dick Charles ("Mad About Him, Sad Without Him", "How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues"), Louis Jordan ("Is You Is, Is You Ain't"), Larry Markes ("Mad About Him, Sad Without Him", "How Can I Be Glad Without Him Blues"), Jule Styne ("I'll Walk Alone", "Where Did You Learn To Love?"); Gesang: Laverne Andrews (Medley of: "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen", "Beer Barrel Polka", "Apple Blossom Time", "Shoo, Shoo, Baby"), Patty Andrews (Medley of: "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen", "Beer Barrel Polka", "Apple Blossom Time", "Shoo, Shoo, Baby"), Maxene Andrews (Medley of: "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen", "Beer Barrel Polka", "Apple Blossom Time", "Shoo, Shoo, Baby"), Jeanette MacDonald ("Beyond the Blue Horizon", "I'll See You in My Dreams"), Dinah Shore ("I'll Get By", "Mad About Him, Sad Without Him"), Sophie Tucker ("The Bigger the Army and the Navy", "Some of These Days"); Choreographie: George Hale, Joe Schoenfeld |
Darsteller |
George Raft (Tony West); Vera Zorina (Gloria Vance / Bertha Lindquist); Grace McDonald (Kitty West); Charley Grapewin (Nick West); Charles Butterworth (Louie Fairweather); Ramsay Ames (Laura); Elizabeth Patterson (Annie); Regis Toomey (Dr. Jim Henderson); George Macready (Walter Bruce); Theodore von Eltz (William Barrett); Janet Shaw (Telephone Operator); Jan Wiley (Telephone Operator); Frank Jenks (Chick Doyle); Molly Lamont (Secretary); Mack Gray (Lt. Reynolds); Addison Richards (MacDermott, Life editor); Emmett Vogan (Harkness, Life Reporter); Cyril Ring (Laughton, Life Photographer); Ralph Meredith (Blind Soldier in MacDonald Number); John Estes (Hospital Patient); Ralph Gardner (Patient in Leg Cast in MacDonald Number); Doris Lloyd (Nurse); Charles D. Brown (Col. Starrett); Nelson Leigh (Bull Fiddler); Lane Chandler (Ship's Officer); Anthony Marsh (Officer); Frank LaRue (Mailman); Stanley Andrews (Australian Officer); Leslie Denison (Reporter); Leyland Hodgson (Australian Reporter); Bill Healy (Ship's Officer); Ralph Dunn (Loomis); William Benedict (Joe, a Soldier); Grandon Rhodes (George Grayson, Guild Member); Edwin Stanley (Taylor, Film Director); Roy Darmour (Eddie, Assistant Director); Carl Vernell (Terry Dennis, Dance Director); Wallis Clark (HVC Committee Man); Charles Anthony Hughes (als: Tony Hughes) (Man); Richard Crane (Marine Officer); Frank Wilcox (Captain Williams, Army Doctor); Bernard B. Thomas (Soldier); Jimmy Carpenter (Soldier); John Whitney (Soldier); Walter Tetley (Soldier); Joel Allen (Soldier); Carlyle Blackwell, Jr. (Soldier); Mel Schubert (Soldier); Stephen Wayne (Soldier); Charles King, Jr. (Soldier); Carey Harrison (Colonel); William Forrest (Colonel); Steve Brodie (Australian Pilot); Clyde Cook (Stooge); Bobby Barker (Soldier in W.C. Fields' Routine); Tom Hanlon (Announcer); Odessa Lauren (Telephone Operator); Nancy Brinckman (Telephone Operator); Bob Ashley (Jitterbug Dancer); Lennie Smith (Jitterbug Dancer); Duke York (MP); Don Kramer (Soldier / Dancer); Allan Cooke (Soldier / Dancer); Luis Torres (Soldier / Dancer); Nicholai (Soldier / Dancer); John Duane (Soldier / Dancer); Ed Browne (Soldier / Dancer); Clair Freeman (Soldier / Dancer); William Meader (Soldier / Dancer); Eddie Kover (Soldier / Dancer); Lee Bennett (Acrobat); Marie Osborne (als: Baby Marie Osborne) (Nurse); George Chirello (Orson Welles' Assistant); Nicodemus Stewart (Lt. Reynolds, USAF); George Eldredge (Submarine Officer); Linda Brent (Magic Maid); Janice Gay (Magic Maid); Jane Smith (Magic Maid); Marjorie Fectean (Magic Maid); Doris Brenn (Magic Maid); Rosemary Battle (Magic Maid); Lolita Leighter (Magic Maid); Mary Rowland (Magic Maid); Eleanor Counts (Magic Maid); Turhan Bey (Committeeman); Bill Wolfe (Man in Zoot Suit in W.C. Fields' Routine); Bill Dyer (Messenger Boy); Jackie Lou Harding (Woman); Dennis Moore (H.V.C. Officer); Billy Wayne (Reporter); Howard C. Hickman (Dr. Wood); Jack Wegman (Mayor); Thurston Hall (Man); Anthony Warde (Captain); Dick Nelson (Sergeant); Jack Whitley (Man); George Riley (Jimmy); Martin Ashe (Man in office); Don McGill (Man in office); Franklin Parker (Man in office); Michael Kirk (Soldier); Genevieve Bell (Mother in Montage); David Abel (Himself); Louise Allbritton (Herself); Carmen Amaya (Herself and Her Company); Laverne Andrews (Herself); Maxene Andrews (Herself); Patty Andrews (Herself); Evelyn Ankers (Herself); Louise Beavers (Herself); Lon Chaney, Jr. (Himself); Alan Curtis (Himself); Marlene Dietrich (Herself); W.C. Fields (Himself); Jeanette MacDonald (Himself); Donald O'Connor (Himself); Peggy Ryan (Herself); Dinah Shore (Herself); Artur Rubinstein (Himself, plays Lizst's "Liebestraum"); Ted Lewis (Himself and His Band); Freddie Slack (Himself and His Orchestra); Charlie Spivak (Himself and His Orchestra); Louis Jordan (Himself and His Orchestra); Maria Montez (Herself); Susanna Foster (Herself); Robert Paige (Himself); Gloria Jean (Herself); Andy Devine (Himself); Noah Beery, Jr. (Himself); Samuel S. Hinds (Himself); Clarence Muse (Himself); Nigel Bruce (Himself); Peter Coe (Himself); Lois Collier (Himself); Thomas Gomez (Himself); Elyse Knox (Herself); Philo McCullough (Himself); Martha O'Driscoll (Herself); Maxie Rosenbloom (Himself); Augustin Castellon Sabicas (Himself); Randolph Scott (Himself); Gale Sondergaard (Herself); Sophie Tucker (Herself); Orson Welles (Himself and Mercury Wonder Show) |
Länge |
122' |
Format |
35mm/sw/1:1,37 |
Zeitangaben |
- 25.04.1944: Uraufführung, New York, NY (Loew's Criterion) |
Synopsis |
In New York schließt das Palace Theatre. Tony West schlägt seiner Familie vor, nach Kalifornien zu gehen, da der Big Apple derzeit nichts zu bieten hat. Nachdem sie in Big Orange angekommen sind, wird West als Chorsänger für einen Film engagiert, in dem auch Gloria Vance spielt. Er kritisiert ihren Tanz, wird bemerkt und heiratet sie schließlich. Er wird ebenfalls ein Star. Als der Krieg beginnt, will West sich melden, aber wegen eines kaputten Knies wird er nicht genommen. Er schämt sich dafür und erzählt Gloria nichts davon. Gloria nimmt an, dass er sich aus Feigheit nicht melden will. Sie trennen sich, und West wird gebeten, eine Gruppe von Schauspielern für die Truppen zu organisieren. Er willigt ein und bittet Gloria, ihm zu helfen, aber sie weist ihn ab und verschweigt, dass sie schwanger ist. Sie trennen sich erneut und er macht sich auf den Weg nach Australien. Kurz bevor sein Schiff anlegen kann, wird es von einem japanischen Torpedo getroffen, und West stirbt, ohne überhaupt von der Existenz seines neugeborenen Sohnes zu wissen. |
Schlagworte |
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Literatur |
- , in: Motion Picture Herald (New York, NY), Vol. 155, 01.04.1944 |