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The Yanks Are Coming (1942 film)

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Director
  
Alexis Thurn-Taxis

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

3.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Language
  
English

The Yanks Are Coming 1942 WWII COMEDY YouTube

Writer
  
Tony Stern
,
Lew Pollack
,
Edward E. Kaye
,
Arthur St. Claire
,
Sherman L. Lowe
,
Edith Watkins

Release date
  
9 November 1942

Screenplay
  
Sherman L. Lowe, Arthur St. Claire, Edith Watkins

Story by
  
Lew Pollack, Tony Stern, Edward E. Kaye

Cast
  
Mary Healy
(Rita Edwards),
Maxie Rosenbloom
(Butch),
Lew Pollack
,
Harry Einstein
(Parky),
Dorothy Dare
(Peggy)

Similar movies
  
Hats Off (1936), Footlight Serenade (1942), King Kelly of the USA (1934), Meet Me After the Show (1951), Alexanders Ragtime Band (1938)

The yanks are coming 1942 wwii comedy


The Yanks Are Coming is a 1942 American patriotic musical film from Poverty Row studio Producers Releasing Corporation directed by Alexis Thurn-Taxis.

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Plot summary

During World War II singer Bob Reynolds leaves his band to enlist in the US Army. His band soon follows him where the Army uses the group to put on a show for the troops.

Cast

  • William Roberts as Bob Reynolds (singing voice dubbed by William Marshall)
  • Henry King as Gil Whitney
  • Mary Healy as Rita Edwards
  • Jack Heller as Sammy Winkle
  • Max Rosenbloom as Butch
  • Harry Parke as Parky
  • Dorothy Dare as Peggy
  • Lynn Starr as Vicki
  • Jane Novak as Flora
  • Dave O'Brien as Sgt. Callahan
  • Forrest Taylor as Captain Brown
  • Charles Purcell as Cpl. Jenks
  • Lew Pollack as Himself
  • Henry King's Orchestra as Gil's Orchestra

    • Soundtrack

  • Parkyakarkus - "Zip Your Lip" (Written by Lew Pollack and Tony Stern)
  • Henry King Orchestra "The Yanks Are Coming" (Written by Herman Ruby and Sidney Clare)
  • "There Will Be No Blackout of Democracy" (Written by Herman Ruby and Sidney Clare)
  • William Marshall and Lynn Starr - "Don't Fool Around With My Heart" (Written by Kay Crothers and Dr. Arthur Garland)
  • William Marshall and Mary Healy - "I Must Have Priorities On Your Love" (Written by Lew Pollack and Tony Stern)

    • References

    The Yanks Are Coming (1942 film) Wikipedia
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    The Yanks Are Coming (1942 film) IMDb