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Two Girls and a Sailor

  • 19441944
  • PassedPassed
  • 2h 4m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Jimmy Durante, Van Johnson, Gracie Allen, Ben Blue, Xavier Cugat, Lena Horne, Amparo Iturbi, José Iturbi, Harry James, and Lee Wilde in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also in love with him.
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Music
Musical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirerMusical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirerMusical in which two singing sisters set up a canteen to entertain soldiers, their enterprise funded by a mysterious wealthy admirer
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
870
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Richard Thorpe
  • Writers
    • Richard Connell(original screenplay)
    • Gladys Lehman(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Van Johnson
    • June Allyson
    • Gloria DeHaven
Top credits
  • Director
    • Richard Thorpe
  • Writers
    • Richard Connell(original screenplay)
    • Gladys Lehman(original screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Van Johnson
    • June Allyson
    • Gloria DeHaven
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 27User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 1 nomination total

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    June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Van Johnson in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Van Johnson, Xavier Cugat, and Harry James in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Van Johnson in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    Lena Horne in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson and Gloria DeHaven in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Harry James in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Harry James in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, and Van Johnson in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson and Van Johnson in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson and Van Johnson in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    June Allyson and Van Johnson in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
    Gloria DeHaven and Tom Drake in Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)

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    Van Johnson
    Van Johnson
    • John Dyckman Brown IIIas John Dyckman Brown III
    June Allyson
    June Allyson
    • Patsy Deyoas Patsy Deyo
    Gloria DeHaven
    Gloria DeHaven
    • Jean Deyoas Jean Deyo
    José Iturbi
    José Iturbi
    • José Iturbias José Iturbi
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    • Billy Kippas Billy Kipp
    Gracie Allen
    Gracie Allen
    • Gracie Allenas Gracie Allen
    Lena Horne
    Lena Horne
    • Lena Horneas Lena Horne
    Harry James
    Harry James
    • Harry Jamesas Harry James
    Xavier Cugat
    Xavier Cugat
    • Xavie Cugatas Xavie Cugat
    Tom Drake
    Tom Drake
    • Frank Milleras Frank Miller
    Henry Stephenson
    Henry Stephenson
    • John Dyckman Brown Ias John Dyckman Brown I
    Henry O'Neill
    Henry O'Neill
    • John Dyckman Brown IIas John Dyckman Brown II
    Ben Blue
    Ben Blue
    • Ben Blueas Ben Blue
    Carlos Ramírez
    Carlos Ramírez
    • Carlos Ramirezas Carlos Ramirez
    Frank Sully
    Frank Sully
    • Marine Sergeantas Marine Sergeant
    Albert Coates
    • Albert Coatesas Albert Coates
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    • Mr. Nizbyas Mr. Nizby
    Amparo Iturbi
    • Amparo Novarroas Amparo Novarro
    • (as Amparo Novarro)
    • Director
      • Richard Thorpe
    • Writers
      • Richard Connell(original screenplay)
      • Gladys Lehman(original screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Gracie Allen's "Concerto for an Index Finger" began as a publicity stunt in March 1943 which ran throughout the month on both the Burns & Allen and Jack Benny radio shows and led to live performances at Carnegie Hall and The Hollywood Bowl.
    • Quotes

      Jean Deyo: If you understood, Harry, you'd understand. I'm an actress; but, after all, I'm a woman too.

      Harry James: You certainly are, honey.

    • Crazy credits
      The background for the opening credits is a drawing of a stage with part of the proscenium arch and curtain visible on the left side of the screen. As each credit is shown a caricature representing that person or persons appears on the stage near the bottom of the screen.
    • Connections
      Edited into Moments in Music (1950)
    • Soundtracks
      Overture
      (1944) (uncredited)

      Written by Sammy Fain

    User reviews27

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    Top review
    7/10
    What can I say! Anchors awash!
    This slight musical comedy from 1944 was a blockbuster of its year. Its one of those Stage door canteen where G.I.s are entertained by hit musicians of their including the popular band and orchestra leader Harry James and Xavier Cugat. The big hit "Young man with a horn" is featured prominently. The songs are lovely and generally feel orchestrated and operatic as this is a Joe Pasternak production. Like a Bruckheimer, a Selznick, a Freed or a Ross Hunter, you know a Pasternak when you see it. That is, slight plots with certain scenes that are written and play better than the whole movie and make you wish they were in another movie. There is usually a love plot involving dueling sisters, mother and daughter, or jealous daughters to their dads. The actresses are pretty and young. The songs, hits of their day but taken out of their time and the situations, they lack the oomph for classic appreciation unlike the movies of Arthur Freed. Take note, there is a dream sequence in this movie that is begging for one of those Freed musical numbers but instead we get Jimmy Durante shenanigans that lifts the weight from the scene. Thorpe, the journeyman director at MGM who made a lot of hits, directs in his usual flat and placid style that gets the job done and not much more. If only Pasternak aimed higher, varied the formula a little, he could have been a champion, not just a contender.
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    • raskimono
    • Oct 7, 2003

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    • Release date
      • June 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Two Sisters and a Sailor
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,420,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 4 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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