Trailer to 1943s thousands cheer starring kathryn grayson, gene kelly and guest starring judy garland, eleanor powell, red skelton. This material is ed and was originally published in the mississippi rag. A lovely musical film produced at the height of world war ii, thousands cheer tells the tale of a serviceman and the daughter of a commanding officer falling in love. Thousands cheer is a 1943 american comedy musical film released by metrogoldwynmayer. Thousands cheer 1943 had nothing to do with the popular irving berlin musical as thousands cheer, produced on stage in 1933. Thousands cheer had a lot going for it from the get go, the biggest selling point being the amount of talent involved. The revue contained satirical sketches and witty or poignant musical numbers, several of which became standards, including heat wave, easter parade and harlem on my mind.
Since thousands cheer was designed as a patriotic wartime moralebooster, it is indeed ironic that the film was written by paul jarrico and richard collins, both of whom would be blacklisted during the redbaiting 1950s. The working titles of this film were private miss jones and as thousands cheer. Produced at the height of the second world war, the film was intended as a morale booster for american troops and their families. Eddies also plagued by fear of having an accident during his familys trapeze act in the army variety show. As thousands cheer original, musical, revue, broadway opened in new york city sep 30, 1933 and played through sep 8, 1934. Find out where to watch thousands cheer streaming online. In fact, the plot is so thin that it becomes difficult for me to write anything cogent about it.
See who they starred with and what they are working on now. According to an apr 1943 hr news item, the title was changed from private miss jones to as thousands cheer so that audiences would not assume the film was a war picture. As a movie buff it was nice to see so many stars in one film, even under such preposterous devices. Thousands cheer full frame, manufactured on demand, mono. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in nonretail packaging, such as an unprinted box or plastic bag. Thousands cheer would have been more aptly named thousands cameo. Thousands cheer cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Holiday inn is a 1942 american musical film directed by mark sandrich and starring bing crosby and fred astaire, with marjorie reynolds, virginia dale, and walter abel. Thousands cheer 1943 where to watch it streaming online. In 1983, i became acquainted with mark booth, who was finishing a book on american popular music. Hollywood canteen is a 1944 american musical romantic comedy film starring joan leslie, robert hutton, dane clark and features many stars appearing as themselves in cameo roles.
Thousands cheer was only garlands second technicolor feature film the first being oz of three years before. While it is not a great film there is still plenty to enjoy and on the most part the cast are wellused. George sidney, kathryn grayson, gene kelly, mary astor, jose iturbi. As thousands cheer original cast recording original cast. This thin plotted film is more of an excuse to feature a plethora of mgm stars than it is to actually tell a story. As thousands cheer, the latest in the young companys series of intriguing and acclaimed revivals, is the first new york production of the moss hartirving berlin revue since its debut in. The 1940 film, a socalled race movie because of its low budget, nearly allblack cast and an audience producers intended to be nearly exclusively african american. Along the way, eddy falls in love with kathryn jones, the daughter. Irving berlin, who wrote the music to the broadway revue as thousands cheer, which starred fred and adele astaire, was announced as a possible contributor to the 1941 thousands cheer. Please check your mail and click on the link in the email to complete. But in the age of talkies, hes a mere security guard for paramount studios.
Thousands cheer 1943 kathryn grayson in thousands cheer 1943 gene kelly, john boles. Originally, the film was made by mgm as a musical starstudded extravaganza that squeezes in so many marquee names working on the lot that the second half of the film feels like the mother. The two are played by gene kelly in one of his earliest film roles and kathryn grayson respectively. By the end, kelly at a court martial, is begging to go overseas and serve his country. Read the full synopsis of thousands cheer, 1944, directed by george sidney, with kathryn grayson, gene kelly, mary astor, at turner classic movies. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in. Along the way, eddy falls in love with kathryn jones, the daughter of colonel william jones. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Lobby card from the hollywood film while thousands cheer. Thousands cheer 1943 starring gene kelly is all actor and movie tech quality, but lacking good writing and good songs. The lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Film and tv seth rudetsky education cast recordings.
Thousands cheer thousands cheer 1943 film cinemagia. May 26, 2009 and its quite a rare treasure to take in this hardtofind and newly released dvd from the incredible warner brothers archive collection, thousands cheer. Acrobatic army private kelly falls for the colonels comely daughter kathryn grayson in this gorgeously mounted romance cum mgm revue, featuring numbers by. As thousands cheer is a revue with a book by moss hart and music and lyrics by irving berlin, first performed in 1933. Thanks to the strenous efforts of her mother, a former dancer, american child actress margaret obrien won her first film role at age four in the performerp108826mickey rooneymickeyrooney.
Thousands cheers story is very thin and very contrived with the lead in to the films second half feeling rather abrupt and the script is even thinner with a lot of hokey dialogue and too many moments where it sags in energy. As thousands cheer synopsis broadway musical the musical was performed for a first time on broadways stage back in 1933. The plot is based on a story by moss hart, and the music was written by composer j. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Thousands cheer, dvd, full frame, manufactured on demand, mono sound, musicals theatrical, 883316127407. Gene kelly plays eddie marsh, an army private during ww2 who falls in love with a colonels daughter named kathryn. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. And its quite a rare treasure to take in this hardtofind and newly released dvd from the incredible warner brothers archive collection, thousands cheer.
Film at lincoln center has been dedicated to supporting the art and elevating the craft of. Thousands cheer is a 1943 english film stars kathryn grayson, george sidney, gene kelly, mary astor, john boles, ben blue, frances rafferty, mary elliott, frank jenks, frank sully, dick simmons, ben lessy, mickey rooney, judy garland, red skelton, eleanor powell, ann sothern, lucille ball, virginia obrien, frank morgan, lena horne, marsha hunt, marilyn. Find movie and film cast and crew information for thousands cheer 1943 george sidney on allmovie. Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate. William webster victor moore was once a bigtime silent film star. With music by irving berlin, the composer wrote twelve songs specifically for the film, the best known being white christmas. Instead, the mgm musical was conceived by its producer, joe pasternak, as a simple musical entertainment about a wartime romance between a soldier gene kelly and a colonels daughter kathryn grayson, with an army camp concert as a diversion.
Thousands cheer pelicula completa, ver online y descargar. Though the broadway musical revue as thousands cheer, with songs by irving berlin and sketches by moss hart, was a 400performance hit after opening on september 30, 1933, record albums did not exist to preserve the score. His first act is to become friendly with kathryn jones, the colonels pretty daughter. Warners, fox, rko, universal, paramount with a big parade of all their. Colonels daughter kathryn grayson loves private gene kelly, puts on army show. Although garland did appear in thousands cheer, she was not the star, and it is not known if the arthur freed project was related to the film released in 1944. Mgm turns out a middling production with thousands cheer. Thousands cheer 1943 starring gene kelly was made using the very best of mgms actor and movie technician talent in color, and is well done in those areas. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing thousands cheer near you. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of thousands cheer with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at.
As thousands cheer original cast recording original. Buy thousands cheer movie posters from movie poster shop. Thousands cheer movie posters from movie poster shop. Thousands cheer 1943 full movie w kathryn grayson, gene kelly, mary astor, mickey rooney, judy garland, margaret obrien and many others.
To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Gallery of 4 movie poster and cover images for thousands cheer 1943. Thousands cheer is a 1943 american musical comedy film directed by george sidney and released by metrogoldwynmayer. Its a comedy and drama movie with an average imdb audience rating of 6. Thousands cheer 1943 george sidney cast and crew allmovie. So, is very touching to watch thousands cheer again ive seen the others over fifty times each and place the film in the year it was made, 1943, with all that war climax, the studios trying to entertain the troops and all of them were making the same kind of picture. This material is ed and was originally published in the mississippi rag da capo press, 1996. Jul 07, 2014 ranks number 29 in mgms top grossing musicals. The film features a complete reuse of the song easter parade, written by berlin for the 1933. Thousands cheer 1943 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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