Follow the Boys (1944)
May 5, 1944Release Date
Follow the Boys (1944)
May 5, 1944Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
George Raft
Tony West
Vera Zorina
Gloria Vance
Grace McDonald
Kitty West
Charley Grapewin
Nick West
Ramsay Ames
Laura
Charles Butterworth
Louie Fairweather
Elizabeth Patterson
Annie
Regis Toomey
Dr. Henderson
George Macready
Walter Bruce
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore
Donald O'Connor
Donald O'Connor
Peggy Ryan
Peggy Ryan
W.C. Fields
W. C. Fields
Charles K. Feldman
Producer
Orson Welles
Orson Welles (uncredited)
Arthur Rubinstein
Artur Rubinstein
Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker
Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Editor
Theodore von Eltz
William Barrett (uncredited)
Martha O'Driscoll
Martha O'Driscoll (uncredited)
Maxie Rosenbloom
Slapsy Maxie (uncredited)
Evelyn Ankers
Evelyn Ankers (uncredited)
Lon Chaney Jr.
Lon Chaney Jr. (uncredited)
Gale Sondergaard
Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
Walter Abel
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Patty Andrews
Patty Andrews (uncredited)
Maxene Andrews
Maxene Andrews (uncredited)
Laverne Andrews
Laverne Andrews (uncredited)
Mary Rowland
Magic Maid (uncredited)
Alan Curtis
Alan Curtis (uncredited)
Andy Devine
Andy Devine (uncredited)
Thomas Gomez
Thomas Gomez (uncredited)
Frank Jenks
Chick Doyle (uncredited)
Sam Levene
Sgt. Leo Andreof (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gertrude Purcell
Screenplay
A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Lou Breslow
Screenplay
David Abel
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 5, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Content RatingNR
Box Office$2,000,000
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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.Making appearances are Walter Abel, Carmen Amaya, The Andrews Sisters, Evelyn Ankers, Louise Beavers, Noah Beery Jr., Turhan Bey, Steve Brodie, Nigel Bruce, Lon Chaney Jr., the Delta Rhythm Boys, Andy Devine, Marlene Dietrich, W. C. Fields, Susanna Foster, Thomas Gomez, Louis Jordan and His Orchestra, Ted Lewis and His Band, Jeanette MacDonald, Maria Montez, Clarence Muse, Donald O'Connor, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Arthur Rubinstein, Peggy Ryan, Randolph Scott, Dinah Shore, Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, Gale Sondergaard, Sophie Tucker, and Orson Welles, among many others.