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Calorie Rating: 132
Released: 1943-10-08
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Budget: 1162000
Revenue 2704000
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.

Director / Directors



Cast

Lucille Ball
Character: Lucille Ball
William Gaxton
Character: Jack O'Riley
Virginia Weidler
Character: Helen Schlesinger

Tommy Dix
Character: Elwood C. "Bud" Hooper
Nancy Walker
Character: Nancy - Blind Date
June Allyson
Character: Ethel

Kenny Bowers
Character: Dutch Miller
Gloria DeHaven
Character: Minerva Fierce
Jack Jordan
Character: Harvey "Hunk" Hoyt

Chill Wills
Character: Chester Short
Henry O'Neill
Character: Maj. Roger W. Reeber
Sara Haden
Character: Miss Talbert

Donald MacBride
Character: Capt. Bradd
Bob Stebbins
Character: Greenie
Darwood Kaye
Character: Killer

Morris Ankrum
Character: Col. Harkrider
Nana Bryant
Character: Mrs. Dalrymple
Harry James
Character: Himself

Harry Hayden
Character: Prof. Walter Morton
Isabel Randolph
Character: Mrs. Morton
Stanley Donen
Character: Cadet

Bess Flowers
Character: Prom Guest
Harry Duff
Character: Cadet (uncredited)
John Allbule
Character: Cadet

Barbara Bedford
Character: Chaperone at Dance
Billy Bletcher
Character: Waxer
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Character: Elderly Woman

Carl R. Botefuhr
Character: Cadet
Marguerite Campbell
Character: Woman
James Carlisle
Character: Party Guest

Milton Chisholm
Character: Cadet
Jack Coffey
Character: Cadet
Richard Dick
Character: Cadet

Norris Durham
Character: Cadet
Ward Ellis
Character: Cadet
James Ellison
Character: Cadet

Don Gallaher
Character: Cadet
Mac Garn
Character: Cadet
Joe Geil
Character: Cadet

Dick Gordon
Character: Party Guest
Bradley Hail
Character: Cadet
Ralph Hoopes
Character: Cadet

Fred Jenel
Character: Cadet
Sam Kamie
Character: Cadet
Colin Kenny
Character: Party Guest

Dale Lefler
Character: Cadet
Jack Lindquist
Character: Cadet
George Lockett
Character: Cadet

Skip E. Lowe
Character: Cadet
Herb Lurie
Character: Cadet
Jack McGee
Character: Cadet

Caren Marsh
Character: Dancer
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Character: Train Conductor
James Pilcher
Character: Cadet

Shirley Jean Rickert
Character: Dancer
Cal Rothenberg
Character: Cadet
George Rowland
Character: Cadet

Hugh Sheridan
Character: Cadet
Gil Stratton
Character: Cadet
Art Thompson
Character: Elderly Man

Riley Thompson
Character: Cadet
John Treul
Character: Cadet
Jack Wagner
Character: Cadet

Ken Wilson
Character: Cadet
Kenneth Wilson
Character: Cadet
Beverly Tyler
Character: Vocalist


Production and Crew

Irving Brecher
Screenplay


Lennie Hayton
Original Music Composer
Leonard Smith
Director of Photography
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration

Gile Steele
Costume Design
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction

Irene
Costume Supervisor
I. Miller
Shoe Design