America had just entered World War II, and this little movie tries to stoke a bit of patriotism, and provide cheer, because "We're all together in a common cause."
It's basically a string of musical numbers, the best of which feature the Andrews Sisters, with just enough filler thrown in to qualify it as a feature film.
Though we must slog through the puerile exchanges of a mismatched couple (Mary Wickes and Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges), and the whinings of a guy who wants to join the Army but can't (flat feet), we're also treated to such lovely compositions as "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "We've Got a Job to Do," and "Johnny, Get Your Gun."
Fancy footwork accompanying "Don't Sit under the Apple Tree" is a joy to watch, seemingly presaging the jitterbug craze to come, and the virtuosic trumpeteering of bandleader Harry James is indeed impressive.
The movie idealizes the ritual of going off to war, recalling far more worthy depictions in "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) and "Hair" of 1979.
For its insights into American pop culture of the time, this movie gets a slight recommendation.
It's basically a string of musical numbers, the best of which feature the Andrews Sisters, with just enough filler thrown in to qualify it as a feature film.
Though we must slog through the puerile exchanges of a mismatched couple (Mary Wickes and Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges), and the whinings of a guy who wants to join the Army but can't (flat feet), we're also treated to such lovely compositions as "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen," "We've Got a Job to Do," and "Johnny, Get Your Gun."
Fancy footwork accompanying "Don't Sit under the Apple Tree" is a joy to watch, seemingly presaging the jitterbug craze to come, and the virtuosic trumpeteering of bandleader Harry James is indeed impressive.
The movie idealizes the ritual of going off to war, recalling far more worthy depictions in "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) and "Hair" of 1979.
For its insights into American pop culture of the time, this movie gets a slight recommendation.