Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)

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1h 33min
Drama, War
Apr 1945 (USA)
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A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps.

Director:

Edward Buzzell

Writers:

Mary C. McCall Jr., George Bruce

Stars:

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A disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps.

Still of Susan Peters (I) in Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)

Still of Lana Turner (I) in Keep Your Powder Dry (1945)

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	Lana Turner	...	Valerie Parks
	Laraine Day	...	Leigh Rand
	Susan Peters	...	Ann Darrison
	Agnes Moorehead	...	Lt. Col. Spottiswoode
	Bill Johnson	...	Capt. Bill Barclay
	Natalie Schafer	...	Harriet Corwin
	Lee Patrick	...	Gladys Hopkins
	Jess Barker	...	Junior Vanderheusen
	June Lockhart	...	Sarah Swanson
	Marta Linden	...	Capt. Sanders
	Tim Murdock	...	Capt. Joseph Mannering
	Henry O'Neill	...	Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
	Mary Lord	...	Mary
	Sondra Rodgers	...	WAC Hodgekins
	Marjorie Davies	...	WAC Polhemus
	Rex Evans	...	Marco Cummings
	Pierre Watkin	...	Mr. Lorrison
	Shirley Patterson	...	WAC Brooks
	Michael Kirby	...	Capt. John Darrison
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Charles Trowbridge	...	(scenesDeleted)
	Dorothy Adams	...	WAC Seamstress #2 (uncredited)
	Stanley Andrews	...	Colonel Greeting Cadets (uncredited)
	Jean Ashton	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Judi Blacque	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Marie Blake	...	WAC Supply Corporal (uncredited)
	Early Cantrell	...	WAC Company Commander (uncredited)
	Kathleen Cartmill	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Marilyn Christine	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Mary Currier	...	WAC at Hearing (uncredited)
	Mimi Doyle	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Rita Dunn	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Clyde Fillmore	...	Gen. Brett (uncredited)
	Jean French	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Jan Gilbreath	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Jesse Graves	...	Elevator Operator #2 (uncredited)
	Eula Guy	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Barbara Hallstone	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Doreen Hayward	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Gloria Hope	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Ann Hunter	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Charlotte Hunter	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Virginia Hunter	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Margaret Kays	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Edith Leach	...	Mary Carter (uncredited)
	Ruth Lee	...	Classroom Instructor (uncredited)
	Anne Loos	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Carole Mathews	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Diane Meredith	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Frances Morris	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Jetsy Parker	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Mary Parker	...	WAC (uncredited)
	George Peters	...	Lieutenant (uncredited)
	Nita Pike	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Jane Ray	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Beth Renner	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Roberta Ridley	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Claire Rochelle	...	WAC Corporal (uncredited)
	Elizabeth Russell	...	WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
	Barbara Sears	...	WAC McBride (uncredited)
	Melba Snowden	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Wanda Stevenson	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Ray Teal	...	Army Captain - Camouflage Leader (uncredited)
	Dorothy Tuttle	...	WAC member (uncredited)
	Geraldine Wall	...	Judo Instructor (uncredited)
	Ruth Warren	...	WAC (uncredited)
	Claire Whitney	...	WAC Seamstress #1 (uncredited)
	Bobbie Woods	...	WAC (uncredited)

Directed by

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Edward Buzzell

Written by

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Mary C. McCall Jr.	...	(original screenplay) and
George Bruce	...	(original screenplay)

Produced by

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George Haight

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producer

Music by

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David Snell

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(musical score)

Cinematography by

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Ray June

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director of photography

Editing by

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Frank E. Hull

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film editor

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons
Leonid Vasian
Stephen Goosson	...	(uncredited)

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis

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(set decorations)

Production Management

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Charles J. Hunt

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unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Arvid Griffen	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Horace Hough	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Charles O'Malley	...	assistant director (uncredited)
Marvin Stuart	...	assistant director (uncredited)

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Ralph S. Hurst

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associate set decorator

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer	...	recording director
Standish J. Lambert	...	sound effects mixer (uncredited) / sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Robert Shirley	...	sound effects mixer (uncredited) / sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Newell Sparks	...	sound effects mixer (uncredited) / sound re-recordist (uncredited)
William Steinkamp	...	sound effects mixer (uncredited) / sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Michael Steinore	...	sound effects mixer (uncredited) / sound re-recordist (uncredited)
P. Richard Stevens	...	unit sound mixer (uncredited)
John A. Williams	...	sound effects mixer (uncredited) / sound re-recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Mark Davis	...	camera operator: matte paintings (uncredited)
A. Arnold Gillespie	...	camera operator: transparency projection shots (uncredited)
Warren Newcombe	...	matte paintings (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Dale Deverman	...	second camera operator (uncredited)
Richard Rosson	...	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Irene	...	costume supervisor
Marion Herwood Keyes	...	associate costume supervisor
Eugene Joseff	...	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Edward Baravalle	...	music mixer (uncredited)
Wally Heglin	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Fletcher Henderson	...	music arranger (uncredited)
Bronislau Kaper	...	composer: additional music (uncredited)
M.J. McLaughlin	...	music mixer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Louise V. White

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technical advisor (as First Lieut. Louise V. White Women's Army Corps)

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Production Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) (United States) (theatrical)
Regal Films (1945) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Regal Films, Ltd.)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1945) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1945) (Australia) (theatrical)
Metro Goldwyn Mayer (1945) (Mexico) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1949) (Finland) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1947) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1947) (Norway) (theatrical)

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Storyline

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Plot Keywords	turner-and-moorehead women group women's-army-corps woman-in-military See All (29) »
Taglines	Gals IN UNIFORM...IN ACTION...IN LOVE! They're strictly G.I. See more »
Genres	Drama War
Parents Guide	Add content advisory for parents »
Certification	Australia:G Finland:S Norway:16 Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:Passed (National Board of Review) United States:Approved

Additional Details

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Also Known As	Women in Uniform (United States) There Were Three of Us (United States) Womens Army (United States) L'amour s'en va-t-en guerre (France) Eramos tres mujeres (Mexico) See more »
Runtime	93 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Filming Locations	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget

$1,348,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Lana Turner wrote in her 1982 autobiography that during pre-production she received a studio memo of reprimand about missing many of her wardrobe appointments--even though it was Irene who was not showing up. When Turner went to studio head Louis B. Mayer to defend herself, she was told that the memo was a face-saving device for Irene, who was an alcoholic but so valuable to MGM that the studio was willing to bear with her problems and delays. See more »
Goofs	When the WACs are on a long march with cadence, they are marching six abreast. The camera pans closer to them, and they are now four abreast. See more »
Movie Connections	Referenced in Hollywood (1979). See more »
Soundtracks	You're In The Army Now See more »
Quotes	Lt. Col. Spottiswoode: I'm sorry for you Rand, you've worked so hard to learn so many things so badly. See more »

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