Follow the Boys

  • USA Three Cheers for the Boys (working title)
USA, 1944, 122 min

Directed by:

A. Edward Sutherland

Screenplay:

Gertrude Purcell (original screenplay) (more)

Cinematography:

David Abel

Cast:

George Raft, Vera Zorina, Grace McDonald, Jeanette MacDonald, Marlene Dietrich, Dinah Shore, Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, W.C. Fields, Charley Grapewin (more)
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Plots(1)

Follow the fun, follow the fleet, Follow the Boys with four seagulls - Navy wives and sweethearts who careen around the French and Italian Riviera in a beat-up jalopy, trying to keep up with their seagoing menfolk. After America's teens made Where The Boys Are a breakthrough hit, two of that comedy's stars, Connie Francis and Paula Prentiss, reunited for this follow-up that, like its predecessor, relies on Francis' mighty pipes for song and on romantic mix-ups and mismatches for laughs. The girls (Janis Paige and Danny Robin round out the quartet) are glamorous, but even they can't out-wow the scenery: Nice, Cannes, Santa Margherita Ligure and white-sand-fringed, brilliantly blue Mediterranean. (official distributor synopsis)

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Awards

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Academy Awards

  • 1945 - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
  • 1945 - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)