Follow the Boys [VHS]

Follow the Boys [VHS]
by A. Edward Sutherland

Follow the Boys [VHS]
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Actor: Charles Butterworth, Charley Grapewin, George Raft, Grace McDonald, Vera Zorina
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cinematographer: David Abel
Editor: Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Producer: Al Rockett
Producer: Charles K. Feldman
Writer: Gertrude Purcell
Writer: Lou Breslow
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 122 minutes
Release Date: 1998-01-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Universal Studios
Studio: Universal Studios

VHS Movie Reviews of Follow the Boys [VHS]

Movie Review: The plot drowns....
Summary: 3 Stars

...a and that`s a pity. Cause in THIS film, the Norwegian Vera Zorina is at her peak in style and beauty:-)

A friend of mine interviewed her shortly before she died in 2003 and she revealed that she didn`t relish George Raft as a dancing-partner because she only had to tip-toe and do the easiest of turns because he was not up to her standard....

George Raft is his magnetic, if heavy, self and 1 screams for story developement between him and Zorina. Vera Zorina was actually christened Eva Brigitta Hartwig but has to adopt a Russian name in order to star at the famous ballet Russe de Monte Carlo on the 30s...

The story is not that bad with these two stars, but in the end it drowns in too many a song-number... Standouts are Sophie, Marlene, Orson, The Andrews Sisters, Dinah, Jeanette, the dog number and W.C. Fields.

Another greatness is that the movie has an authentic feel and though editing to studio work is evident, it remains good because u get the feel of the time that was...


Movie Review: Follow the Boys VHS
Summary: 5 Stars

Tape was brand new and I received it in just 3 or 4 days after I placed my order. My husband's uncle was one of the soldiers in the movie and we were thrilled to be able to find the movie.

Movie Review: FOLLOW THE BOYS (1944)
Summary: 4 Stars

(Comedy, Black & White, 2 hr 2 min)

Universal - U.S.A.

DIRECTOR: A. Edward Sutherland

CAST: George Raft, Vera Zorina, Charles Grapewin, Maria Montez (As: Herself)

COMMENTS: This movie was the first one of Universal Pictures in the follies genre.

Forget about the penny-dreadful's worth of plot and just sit back and enjoy the star cameos. A long wartime rouser, FOLLOW THE BOYS begins with the closing of New York's Palace Theater and the demise of vaudeville.

Tony (Raft), Kitty (McDonald), and Nick West (Grapewin), a brother-sister-father trio, have just finished doing their turkey of an act at the Palace in New York, and Tony suggests that they try their luck in Hollywood. Once there, Tony soon hits it big, teaming with Gloria Vance (Zorina) in several hit movies.

They fall in love and marry, but WWII drives them apart as Tony, refused induction because of a bad knee, takes on the task of organizing entertainment for the fighting men going overseas.

It's perhaps unfair to criticize FOLLOW THE BOYS for its hackneyed story line, considering that the real purpose of the film is to show off the assortment of legendary performers herein assembled.

The odd collection consists largely of established talent on its way down or notable personalities on their way up, but one cherishes the film for what it records for posterity.

Jeanette Macdonald reprises one of her earliest song hits, "Beyond the Blue Horizon" and Sophie Tucker is on hand to belt out her signature "Some of These Days." W.C. Fields, meanwhile, though clearly not in the best of health, commits another performance of his famous pool routine to celluloid, and the Andrews Sisters do a fun medley of several of their hits. Perhaps most priceless of all, however, is Orson Welles, who, assisted by Marlene Dietrich, does a marvelous six-minute magic act.

In this occasion all the stars hired by the Studio made a parade before the cameras in order to assist to a meeting of the Victory Committee in Hollywood and Maria Montez was one of the luminaries, so her fans had the chance of watching her real aspect.

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