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This Is the Army

This Is the Army

Shows · This Is the Army

Having already written songs for the all-soldier show, Yip Yip Yaphank, during World War I, Irving Berlin followed up with songs for the all-soldier show, This is the Army, during World War II. The revue, put together as a benefit for the Army Emergency Relief Fund, both kidded and extolled the military life in a song-and-dance mixture of horseplay, nostalgia, and patriotism.

Opened
1942
Performances
113
Type
Musical
Era
Early
Music: Irving BerlinLyrics: Irving Berlin

Productions1 on Broadway

1942 Broadway Theatre Original. July 4, 1942 · Ezra Stone 113 performances

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In the literature38 passages

This Is the Army played a limited 12-week engagement in New York, was filmed in 1943 with Ronald Reagan, then toured overseas until October 1945. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p119

With its theme dealing with servicemen readjusting to civilian life, Call Me Mister was something of a follow-up to This Is the Army. book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p129

Barclift, Nelson This Is the Army book:broadway-musicals-show-by-show-seventh-edition-stanley-green-cary-ginell#p387

During World War II, Berlin wrote and appeared in another all-soldier show, This Is the Army (7/4/42; 113 performances). Berlin reprised his rendition of “Oh, How I Hate to Get up in the Morning” and appeared in the subsequent movie version. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p89

The first musical to originate at the theater under the new policy was IRVING BERLIN’S This Is the Army, which opened, significantly, on July 4, 1942 (113 performances). This Is the Army starred armed-services members Burl Ives, Gary Merrill, Ezra Stone, and Philip Truex. Composer Irving Berlin also starred, and he rep… book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p108

Call Me Mister starred Betty Garrett, Lawrence Winters, Maria Karnilova, Jules Munshin, and Danny Scholl. The score again contained a topical hit, “The Red Ball Express,” and a popular hit, “South America Take It Away.” Like Sing Out the News, Call Me Mister made President Roosevelt the subject of a song. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p477

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