Reveille with Beverly
| Reveille with Beverly | |
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| Directed by | Charles Barton |
| Produced by | Sam White |
| Written by | Howard J. Green Jack Henley Albert Duffy |
| Based on |
Reveille with Beverly 1941-44 radio show by Jean Ruth Hay |
| Starring |
Ann Miller William Wright Dick Purcell |
| Music by | John Leipold |
| Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
| Edited by | James Sweeney |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
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78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $2,100,000 (USA) |
Reveille with Beverly is a 1943 American film starring Ann Miller, Franklin Pangborn, and Larry Parks directed by Charles Barton, released by Columbia Pictures, based on the Reveille with Beverly radio show hosted by Jean Ruth Hay. It is also the name of the subsequent soundtrack album.
The film featured a number of notable cameo appearances, from such important big band era musicians as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, The Mills Brothers, Bob Crosby, Vernon Alley, Freddie Slack, and Ella Mae Morse.
In his narration for the 1977 documentary film Life Goes to War, Johnny Carson remarked that while he was stationed on Guam during World War II, he had "memorized the entire score - and most of the dialogue - of Reveille with Beverly".
Beverly Ross (Ann Miller) wants to be a radio personality, but has to run the switchboard at a local station. The blustery station owner Mr. Kennedy (Tim Ryan) wants no part of programming the "jive that she loves", preferring the classics.
After struggling to keep her time slot, Beverly broadcasts her show from an Army base.
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