Star Spangled Rhythm

Movie
German title	Star Spangled Rhythm
Original title	Star Spangled Rhythm
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1942
Rod
Director	George Marshall Ralph Murphy A. Edward Sutherland
script	Harry Virtue Melvin Frank (skits), George S. Kaufman (skits)
production	Joseph Sistrom
music	Robert Emmett Dolan
camera	Theodor Sparkuhl Leo Tover
cut	Paul Weatherwax
occupation
Victor Moore : William "Pop" Webster Betty Hutton : Polly Judson Eddie Bracken : Johnny Webster Walter Abel : BG DeSoto Cass Daley : Mimi Cecil B. DeMille Preston Sturges Edward Fielding : Y. Frank Freemont Boyd Davis : Captain Kingsley Bing Crosby Bob Hope Fred MacMurray Dorothy Lamour Franchot Tone Paulette Goddard Ray Milland Betty Hutton Dick Powell Susan Hayward Veronica Lake Alan Ladd Walter Catlett Sterling Holloway Mary Martin Vera Zorina

Star Spangled Rhythm is an American musical film directed by George Marshall et al. a. was created and published in late 1942.

background

Star Spangled Rhythm was filmed in 1942 as a production by Paramount Pictures for special use as troop entertainment during World War II. The film was based on the script by Harry Tugend with Sketchen a. a. by Melvin Frank and George S. Kaufman . The score was contributed by Robert Emmett Dolan ; the movie songs were by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer . Contributing stars included Bing Crosby , Bob Hope , Dorothy Lamour , Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray .

The figure of BG Desoto is modeled on the Paramount producer BG DeSylva, that of Y. Frank Freemont on the then Paramount Vice President Y. Frank Freeman. Had short appearances (sometimes without language role) u. a. Rod Cameron , Eva Gabor , Cecil Kellaway , Matt McHugh , Robert Preston and Woody Strode . Star Spangled Rhythm was the film debut of Bing Crosby's son, Gary Crosby , who was then nine years old. Tom Dugan , who appears in the role of Adolf Hitler , also plays the character of Bronski . Dugan had already played Hitler in Ernst Lubitsch's comedy Sein oder nicht sein (1942).

production

The working title of Star Spangled Rhythm was Thumbs Up . Paramount bought Arthur Ross and Fred Saidy the rights to use two sketches from their musical revue Rally Round the Girls , which were used in the film. The sequence with the song That Old Black Magic , which was directed by A. Edward Sutherland , was originally supposed to be shot by René Clair , who was not available at the time of shooting.

The film was made between June 11 and July 23, 1942 at Paramount Studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood . Further filming took place at the Naval Training Center in San Diego . The cost of producing the film was $ 1,127,989. The film premiered on December 30, 1942 in New York City; from January 1943 it was launched nationwide.

In 1943, Broncho Billy Anderson sued Paramount for misuse of the name Broncho Billy ; he complained that the film character of Bronco Billy in Star Spangled Rhythm was a " washed-up and broken-down actor " in whom he saw himself incorrectly embodied.

action

Pop Webster is a former silent film star known as "Bronco Billy" who now works as a doorman at the main gate of Paramount Pictures. However, he has told his son Johnny, who serves in the Navy, that he is vice president of the production department. When Johnny shows himself in Hollywood while on shore leave, Pop and studio operator Polly Judson maintain the illusion for Johnny and his sailor friends that Pop is a big figure in the studio. When Pop suggests producing a variety show for the Navy with all the Paramount stars, things get complicated, but Polly persuades Bob Hope and Bing Crosby to be on the show, and they get the rest of the stars on board.

Songs

The songs featured in Star Spangled Rhythm were written by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics).

• Hit the Road to Dreamland - performed by Mary Martin, Dick Powell and the Golden Gate Quartet
• I'm Doing It for Defense - Betty Hutton
• Old Glory - Bing Crosby and Choir
• He Loved Me Till the All-Clear Came
• On the Swing Shift - Marjorie Reynolds , Betty Jane Rhodes and Dona Drake
• Sharp as a Tack - Eddie Anderson , Katherine Dunham , Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart , Woody Strode
• A Sweater, Sarong and a Peek-A-Boo Bang - Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour and Veronica Lake (voiced by Martha Mears ), and by Arthur Treacher , Walter Catlett and Sterling Holloway
• That Old Black Magic - Johnny Johnston (vocals) and Vera Zorina (dance)

Awards

Star Spangled Rhythm received an Oscar nomination for Best Song in 1944 for the film song That Old Black Magic by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Robert Emmett Dolan received another Oscar nomination for Best Score - Musical .

Web links

• Star Spangled Rhythm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Star Spangled Rhythm at Turner Classic Movies (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) - Full Credits. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) - Notes. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Gary Crosby. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) - Original Print Information. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
5. ↑ IMDB Filming locations
6. ↑ IMDB release dates
7. ↑ Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) - Full Synopsis. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Star Spangled Rhythm (1943) - Music. In: Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
9. ↑ IMDB soundtracks
10. ↑ The 16th Academy Awards | 1944. In: Oscars.org. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .