ΤΗΕ GANG'S ALL HERE

The Gang's All Here
20th Century-Fox, 1943, Color, 103 minutes, ***
Released December, 1943

Andy Mason (James Ellison) manages to work magic on Eadie Allen (Alice Faye), and she falls in love with him on the first date, but he has to leave for the war the very next day. Just a thin storyline to hold together a bunch of great musical numbers, including Carmen Miranda's legendary Tutti Frutti Hat number with all the big bananas, Faye's breathtaking "A Journey to a Star," and many more.

Produced by: William LeBaron
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Screen Play by: Walter Bullock
Based on a Story by: Nancy Winter, George Root, Jr. and Tom Bridges
Musical Direction: Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
Lyrics and Music by: Leo Robin and Harry Warren;
"Brazil" by Ary Barroso and S.K. Russell
Dances Created and Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Art Direction: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright
Set Decorations: Thomas Little
Associate: Paul S. Fox
Costumes: Yvonne Wood
Makeup Artist: Guy Pearce
Sound: George Leverett, Roger Heman
Director of Photography: Edward Cronjager
Special Photographic Effects by: Fred Sersen
Photographed in Technicolor
Technical Director: Natalie Kalmus
Film Editor: Ray Curtiss

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Interior Decoration - Color

Cast: Alice Faye [Eadie Allen], Carmen Miranda [Dorita], Phil Baker [Himself], Benny Goodman and His Orchestra [Themselves], Eugene Pallette [Mr. Mason, Sr.], Charlotte Greenwood [Mrs. Peyton Potter], Edward Everett Horton [Peyton Potter], Tony De Marco [Himself], James Ellison [Andy Mason], Sheila Ryan [Vivian], Dave Willock [Sergeant Casey], Bando da Lua [Themselves], Additional Cast: June Haver [Maybelle, Hat Check Girl], Jeanne Crain [Girl by the Pool], Lillian Yarbo [Maid], Frank Darien[Doorman], Miriam Lavelle [Specialty Dancer], Charles Saggau, Deidre Gale [Jitterbug Dancers], Frank Faylen [Marine], Russell Hoyt [Sailor], George Dobbs [Benson], Leon Belasco [Waiter], Virginia Sale [Secretary], Leyland Hodgson [Butler], Lee Bennett [Bit Man], Al Murphy [Stage Manager], Hallene Hill [Old Lady], Gabriel Canzona [Organ Grinder], Fred Walburn [Newsboy], Virginia Wilson [Dancing Partner]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: includes a short excerpt of Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:01] Brazil (sung by Aloysio Oliveira, Carmen Miranda with Banda da Lua, and Chorus Girls); [0:04] You Discover You're in New York (sung by Carmen Miranda with Banda da Lua and Girls Chorus - Alice Faye makes a surprise entrance as one of the chorus girls); [0:07] unidentified instrumental number (danced by Tony DeMarco and Virginia Wilson, mostly in background); [0:10] instrumental number introduced as "The Uncle Samba" (played by Orchestra, danced by nightclub patrons, including Gene Pallette with Alice Faye and E. E. Horton with Carmen Miranda); [0:14] Minnie's in the Money (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, vocal by Benny Goodman, jitterbug danced by several unidentified dance couples); [0:17] A Journey to a Star (instrumental arrangement played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, danced by Alice Faye and James Ellison); [0:23] The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat (production number sung by Carmen Miranda with Banda da Lua and Girls Chorus - perhaps Miranda's best-known number, includes segment with Chorus Girls and giant bananas); [0:31] A Journey to a Star (excerpt sung by Alice Faye); [0:39] The Jitters (instrumental played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, danced by Charlotte Greenwood and Charles Saggau); [0:49] No Love, No Nothin' (sung by Alice Faye with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [1:00] No Love, No Nothin' (instrumental arrangement played by Benny Goodman and His Ochestra, danced by Tony DeMarco and Sheila Ryan, sung by vocal group offscreen); [1:08] unidentified instrumental (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, gymnastics by Miriam LaVelle [?]); [1:23] Paducah (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, sung by Benny Goodman, sung by Carmen Miranda, played by Banda da Lua, danced by Carmen Miranda and Tony DeMarco); [1:28] A Journey to a Star (sung by Alice Faye and Girls Chorus, danced by Tony DeMarco and Sheila Ryan); [1:34] The Polka Dot Polka (sung by Alice Faye, Children and Chorus, danced by Children); [1:37] The Polka Dot Ballet (production number sung and danced by Chorus with fluorescent lights and big discs); [1:41] Finale: A Journey to a Star (sung by Cast and Chorus)