Bring on the Girls | |
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Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
Produced by |
associate Fred Kohlmar |
Written by |
Karl Tunberg Darrell Ware |
Based on | story by Pierre Wolff |
Starring |
Veronica Lake Sonny Tufts Eddie Bracken Marjorie Reynolds |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
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30 March 1945 |
Running time
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92mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Bring on the Girls is a 1945 musical comedy film starring Eddie Bracken, Sonny Tufts and Veronica Lake. It is loosely based on the 1940 French comedy The Man Who Seeks the Truth.
Wealthy J. Newport Bates breaks off an engagement after discovering his fiancee is a gold digger. He joins the Navy anonymously but his family insist he be chaperoned by Phil North.
While on leave in Miami, Jay meets cigarette girl Teddy Collins, who was once was engaged to Phil. When Teddy learns Jay is rich she flirts with him and he falls for her. Phil thinks Jay's new girl is Sue Thomas, a singer at the club.
The film was from the writers of the Bing Crosby musical Dixie. It marked Veronica Lake's return to the screen after an absence of several months, during which she had lost a child and been divorced. It was her first proper musical, although she had sung in This Gun for Hire and Star Spangled Rhythm.
Her original co stars were to be Eddie Bracken and Dick Powell. Eventually Powell was replaced by Sonny Tufts.
Filming started in January 1944.