When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)
By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.
Director: Charles Lamont
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Allan Jones as Johnny Kovacs |
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Jane Frazee as Joyce |
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Gloria Jean as Marilyn |
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Donald O'Connor as Frankie |
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Peggy Ryan as Dusty |
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Richard Davies as Tommy Bridges |
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Clyde Fillmore as Hamilton Wellman |
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Marla Shelton as Diana Wellman |
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Olin Howland as Trullers |
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Emma Dunn as Ma Flanagan |
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Maceo Anderson as Four Step Brothers Member |
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Freddie James as Four Step Brothers Member |
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Sylvester Johnson as Four Step Brothers Member |
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Al Williams as Four Step Brothers Member |
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Phil Spitalny as Orchestra Leader |
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Evelyn Kaye Klein as Violinist |
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Paul Everton as Speaker (uncredited) |
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Grace Hayes as Orchestra Violinist (uncredited) |
| Directing | Charles Lamont | Director |
| Writing | Oscar Brodney | Writer |
| Writing | Dorothy Bennett | Writer |
| Camera | George Robinson | Director of Photography |
