This Is the Army

The musical tells the story of a father and son who stage successful musicals for the troops during World War I and World War II, respectively, with the latter getting married in the alley behind the theater during the last performance. This Is the Army is a 1943 American English-language Comedy Musical film starring George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Alan Hale, Charles Butterworth, Dolores Costello and Blake Nelson. The movie is inspired from The 1942 Broadway play by James McColl and Irving Berlin. Warner Bros. was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Jack L. Warner and Hal B. Wallis. The movie is directed by Michael Curtiz, Hugh Cummings and Edward A. Blatt. Warner Bros. acquired the distribution rights for the movie. This Is the Army was released on 14th August 1943 and takes a screen time of 113-120 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. This Is the Army was made on a budget of $1 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $10 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Casey Robinson and Claude Binyon. Cinematography was done by Bert Glennon and Sol Polito and editing by George Amy. The music was composed by Irving Berlin along with Ray Heindorf. At the 1944 Oscar Awards It won an award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture.