Thousands Cheer (1943)
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63% of users liked it
(709 ratings)
Storywise, Thousands Cheer is thin stuff indeed. Insouciant PFC Eddy Marsh (Gene Kelly) wants to put on a Big Show for his fellow serviceman. Along the way, Eddy falls in love with Kathryn Jones (Kathryn Grayson), the daughter of Colonel William Jones (John Boles). End of story. The principal… More Storywise, Thousands Cheer is thin stuff indeed. Insouciant PFC Eddy Marsh (Gene Kelly) wants to put on a Big Show for his fellow serviceman. Along the way, Eddy falls in love with Kathryn Jones (Kathryn Grayson), the daughter of Colonel William Jones (John Boles). End of story. The principal selling angle of Thousands Cheer is the presence in the cast of virtually every musical talent on the MGM payroll: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Jose Iturbi, the Kay Kyser Orchestra, Bob Crosby and his Bobcats, the Benny Carter band, Ann Sothern, Lucille Ball, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven?..the list goes on and on and on. Since Thousands Cheer was designed as a patriotic wartime morale-booster, it is indeed ironic that the film was written by Paul Jarrico and Richard Collins, both of whom would be blacklisted during the Red-baiting 1950s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Sidney (I), George Sidney II
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Sep 13, 1943 Wide
- Studio
- MGM Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The best reason for the movie was to raise money for the war effort, which it handsomely did.
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Cast
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Kathryn Grayson
as Kathryn Jones
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Mickey Rooney
as Guest Star
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Judy Garland
as Guest
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Gene Kelly
as Eddie Marsh
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Red Skelton
as Himself
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Mary Astor
as Hyllary Jones
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Eleanor Powell
as Herself
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John Boles
as Col. Jones
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Ann Sothern
as Guest
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Jose Iturbi
as Himself
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Frances Rafferty
as Marie
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Virginia O'Brien
as Herself
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Frank Morgan
as Himself
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Lena Horne
as Herself
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Marsha Hunt
as Herself
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Marilyn Maxwell
as Herself
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Donna Reed
as Guest
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Margaret O'Brien
as Guest
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June Allyson
as Guest
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Gloria de Haven
as Herself
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John Conte
as Himself
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Sara Haden
as Herself
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Don Loper
as Himself
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Ben Blue
as Chuck
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Mary Elliott
as Helen
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Frank Jenks
as Sgt. Koslack
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Frank Sully
as Alan
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Dick Simmons
as Capt. Avery
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Ben Lessy
as Silent Monk
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Sig Arno
as Uncle Algy
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Lionel Barrymore
as Announcer
- Monte Blue
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Wally Cassell
as Jack
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Connie Gilchrist
as Taxicab Driver
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Myron Healey
as Soldier
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Betty Jaynes
as Girl at Station
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Will Kaufman
as Papa Corbino
- Kay Kyser
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Marta Linden
as Skit Nurse
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James Millican
as Sgt. Carrington Major
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Ed Mortimer
as Guest
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Odette Myrtil
as Mama Corbino
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Bea Nigro
as Woman
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Carl Saxe
as Sergeant Major
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Paul Speer
as Specialty Dancer
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Harry Strang
as Capt. Haines
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Ray Teal
as Ringmaster
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Florence Turner
as Mother at Station
- James Warren
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Pierre Watkin
as Alex
- Eve Whitney
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William Tannen
as Prison Sergeant
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Don Taylor
as Soldier
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Bryant Washburn
as Lt. Col. Brand
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Linda Landi
as Polish Girl at Station
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Daisy Bufford
as Maid
- Cliff Danielson
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Natalie Draper
as Girls at Station
- Eileen Coghlan
- Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
- Aileen Haley
- Peggy Remington
- Lucille Ball
