Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) | |
| Director(s) | William A. Seiter |
| Producer(s) | Irving Starr |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance, War |
| Top Topics | World War II |
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Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) was a Musical - Romance Film directed by William A. Seiter and produced by Irving Starr.
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Memorial Day Musical Monday: Four Jills In a Jeep (1944)
on May 25, 2015 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: ?Four Jills and a Jeep? ?Mus... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP (1944)
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoDirected by William A. Seiter, Four Jills in a Jeep (1943) is a fictionalized account of the real USO adventures of four Hollywood stars - Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair - who travel to various parts of the globe to entertain the troops during World War II. Although it la... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP (1944)
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoDirected by William A. Seiter, Four Jills in a Jeep (1943) is a fictionalized account of the real USO adventures of four Hollywood stars - Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair - who travel to various parts of the globe to entertain the troops during World War II. Although it la... Read full article
Classic Films in Focus: FOUR JILLS IN A JEEP (1944)
By Jennifer Garlen on Sep 19, 2013 From Virtual ViragoDirected by William A. Seiter, Four Jills in a Jeep (1943) is a fictionalized account of the real USO adventures of four Hollywood stars - Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair - who travel to various parts of the globe to entertain the troops during World War II. Although it la... Read full article
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Five songs were dropped from the release print: "Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer" (music by Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Harold Adamson), sung with a bit of comedy by Martha Raye; the slightly risqué "SNAFU" (music by McHugh, lyrics by Adamson), sung and danced by Martha Raye, Carole Landis and Mitzi Mayfair; "It's the Old Army Game" (music by McHugh, lyrics by Adamson), performed by Kay Francis (reciting rather than singing while supposedly playing the piano), plus Raye, Landis and Mayfair; "Silent Night" (music by Franz Gruber, lyrics by 'Josef Mohr'); sung by Martha Raye; and "Mamae Yo Quero" (music by Vicente Paiva, Portuguese lyrics by Jararaca), sung and danced by Carmen Miranda. All five songs as filmed still exist.
Guest star Betty Grable's appearance was her last in a black-and-white feature film, not counting her showing up later that year in Take It or Leave It, which recycled "The Sheik of Araby" footage with Betty, Alice Faye and Billy Gilbert originally from Tin Pan Alley.
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