The Holy Terror

19371937
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1h 8m

Jane is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies.Jane is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies.Jane is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for the troops, uncovers a group of spies.

5.7/10

Director
- James Tinling
Writers
- Lou Breslow(original screenplay)
- John Patrick(original screenplay)
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El Brendel, Fred Kohler Jr., Joe E. Lewis, and Jane Withers in The Holy Terror (1937)

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Director
- James Tinling
Writers
- Lou Breslow(original screenplay)
- John Patrick(original screenplay)
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Wild and Woolly

"Corky" Wallace (Jane Withers) is the daughter of a U.S. Navy flying service officer and the sweetheart of the navy base. She stages musical shows in which the sailors and pilots participate. At one of them a group of foreign spies cause a brawl because they known it close the cafe in which it is being held. The spies want the cafe because it is near a strategic point on the Pacific coast. "Corky" learns who the spies are, informs her father and a group of the naval aviators capture the spies. —Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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Taglines
- IT'S A HOWLING WOW! Clear the decks!...OR she'll clear 'em! A riot on land, a howling hurricane at sea! (Print Ad-Vancouver Sun,((Vancouver BC)) 12 February 1937)
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Certificate
- Approved
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Connections
Referenced in Peeks at Hollywood (1946)

Soundtracks
Don't Sing-Everybody Swing
Lyrics by Sidney Clare
Music by Harry Akst

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4/10

Jane likes planes

Fans of Jane Withers and Naval Aviation fans will like The Holy Terror, but this is one sadly dated film about a young girl who needs either to be on some meds or a good spanking who accidentally uncovers a nest of spies. Where else, but at the local hash house where the sailors go on a pass.

Young Jane rather than liking dolls or even boys at her age loves model airplanes which she flies at the most inopportune moments, causing a great deal of embarrassment for her father John Eldredge. Other than that she sings and dances as the sailors try to put on a show in the manner of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. But it's how she finds the spies who are taking notice of our advances in aviation for some unnamed foreign power.

Seeing those ancient biplanes taking off from a carrier deck even though this film was studio bound was interesting to say the least. Harry Akst and Sidney Clare wrote a score of unmemorable songs for this film. Tony Martin, Leah Ray, El Brendel, Joan Davis, and Joe E. Lewis all contribute their talents and Davis comes off the best.

Nothing to run home to watch TCM if The Holy Terror is broadcast.

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