In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.
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George MurphyJerry Jones
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Joan LeslieEileen Dibble
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George TobiasMaxie Twardofsky
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Alan HaleSergeant McGee
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Charles ButterworthEddie Dibble
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Dolores CostelloMrs. Davidson
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Una MerkelRose Dibble
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Stanley RidgesJohn Davidson
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Rosemary DeCampEthel Jones
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Ruth DonnellyMrs. O'Brien
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Dorothy PetersonMrs. Nelson
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Frances LangfordHerself
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Gertrude NiesenWorld War One Vocalist
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Kate SmithHerself
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Ronald ReaganJohnny Jones
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Joe LouisJoe Louis
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Irving BerlinIrving Berlin (uncredited)
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Dan DaileySoldier (uncredited)
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Richard FarnsworthSoldier (uncredited)
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Gary MerrillBackstage MP on Right (uncredited)
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Gene NelsonSoldier (uncredited)
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Hayden RorkeSoldier / Stage Manager (uncredited)
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James CrossStump
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Alan DexterSoldier (uncredited)
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Tom D'AndreaTom D'Andrea
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Herbert AndersonDanny Davidson
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John DaheimSoldier (uncredited)
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Richard IrvingMandy In Yellow Dress (uncredited)
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Henry JonesMr. Brown / World War One Bugle Audition Observer (uncredited)
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Ethelreda LeopoldWoman in D.C. Audience (uncredited)
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Richard ReevesMoore's Son's Dance Partner - 'Ladies of Chorus' (uncredited)