Priorities on Parade (1942)
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Very much a product of its times, Priorities on Parade was disliked by everyone but the public when it was first released in 1942. The story takes place in a wartime aircraft plant, where a group of entertainers secure jobs putting on shows for the workers during lunch and dinner breaks. The… More Very much a product of its times, Priorities on Parade was disliked by everyone but the public when it was first released in 1942. The story takes place in a wartime aircraft plant, where a group of entertainers secure jobs putting on shows for the workers during lunch and dinner breaks. The troupe's duties also include a bit of spot-welding and assembly-line work as well, leading to a variety of mildly comic complications. Naturally, all plot roads lead to a big, morale-boosting musical finale, highlighted by choreographer Jack Donahue's precision-dance routines, wherein the entertainers elect to turn down a Broadway show in favor of defense-plant work (this is a fantasy, isn't it?) The four protagonists are played by zany Jerry Colonna, handsome Johnnie Johnston, and gorgeous Ann Miller (in a blonde wig) and Betty Rhodes, while Vera Vague supplies her usual dizziness as a Rosie-the-Rivetter type. The Frank Loesser-Jules Styne-Herb Magidson score includes the hit tune "You're in Love With Somebody Else But I'm in Love With You". ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Albert S. Rogell
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 23, 1942 Wide
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Cast
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Ann Miller
as Donna D'Arcy
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Johnny Johnston
as Johnny Draper
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Jerry Colonna
as Jeep Jackson
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Betty Jane Rhodes
as Lee Davis
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Vera Vague
as Mariposa Ginsbotham
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Harry Barris
as Harvey Erkimer
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Eddie Quillan
as Sticks O'Hara
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Dave Willock
as Push Gasper
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Rod Cameron
as Stage Manager
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Arthur Loft
as E.V. Hartley
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William Forrest
as Col. Reeves
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Warren Ashe
as 1st examiner
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Charles Halton
as 2nd examiner
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Lee Shumway
as Jones
