Follow the Boys
“The SONG-STUDDED STAR-STUNNING SAGA of America's show-world at war!”
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During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.
Genres
Music, Comedy, War
Studio
Universal Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Follow the Boys performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$2.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$315K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~45/55, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Music) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Tony West
George Raft
Tony West
Gloria Vance
Vera Zorina
Gloria Vance
Kitty West
Grace McDonald
Kitty West
Nick West
Charley Grapewin
Nick West
Laura
Ramsay Ames
Laura
Louie Fairweather
Charles Butterworth
Louie Fairweather
Annie
Elizabeth Patterson
Annie
Dr. Henderson
Regis Toomey
Dr. Henderson
Walter Bruce
George Macready
Walter Bruce
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
Jeanette MacDonald
Orson Welles (uncredited)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles (uncredited)
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
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