Reveille with Beverly

Reveille with Beverly is a 1943 American film starring Ann Miller, Franklin Pangborn, and Larry Parks directed by Charles Barton, released by Columbia Pictures, based on the Reveille with Beverly radio show hosted by Jean Ruth Hay. It is also the name of the subsequent soundtrack album.

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• Plot summary
• Soundtrack
• References

The film featured a number of notable cameo appearances, from such important big band era musicians as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, The Mills Brothers, Bob Crosby, Vernon Alley, Freddie Slack, and Ella Mae Morse.

In his narration for the 1977 documentary film Life Goes to War, Johnny Carson remarked that while he was stationed on Guam during World War II, he had "memorized the entire score - and most of the dialogue - of Reveille with Beverly".

Plot summary

Beverly Ross (Ann Miller) wants to be a radio personality, but has to run the switchboard at a local station. The blustery station owner Mr. Kennedy (Tim Ryan) wants no part of programming the "jive that she loves", preferring the classics.

After struggling to keep her time slot, Beverly broadcasts her show from an Army base.

Soundtrack

One O'Clock Jump

Written by Count Basie

Played by Count Basie and His Orchestra

Take the 'A' Train

Written by Billy Strayhorn

Sung by Betty Roche with Duke Ellington and the Duke Ellington Orchestra

Big Noise from Winnetka

Music by Ray Bauduc and Bob Haggart

Lyrics by Ben Pollack and Bob Crosby

Played by Bob Crosby Orchestra with vocals by Lee Wilde and Lyn Wilde

Cow-Cow Boogie

Written by Benny Carter, Gene de Paul, and Don Raye

Sung by Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

Cielito Lindo

Written by Quirino Mendoza

Adapted with English lyrics by Bill Driggs

Performed by The Mills Brothers

Sweet Lucy Brown

Written by Leon René and Otis René

Performed by The Mills Brothers

Thumbs Up and V for Victory

Music by Ted Fio Rito

Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

Sung and Danced by Ann Miller with chorus

Night and Day

Written by Cole Porter

Sung by Frank Sinatra

Wabash Moon

Written by Dave Dreyer and Morton Downey

Performed by The Radio Rogues

When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain

Music by Harry M. Woods

Lyrics by Howard Johnson

Performed by The Radio Rogues