Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Sidney
Written byPaul Jarrico
Richard Collins
Produced byJoe Pasternak
StarringKathryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Mary Astor
John Boles
Ben Blue
Frances Rafferty
CinematographyGeorge J. Folsey
Edited byGeorge Boemler
Music byIrving Berlin
Lorenz Hart
Jerome Kern
Nacio Herb Brown
Richard Rodgers
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Max Steiner
Dmitri Shostakovich
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • September 13, 1943 (1943-09-13)
Running time
125 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,568,000[1]
Box office$5,886,000[1]

Thousands Cheer is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Produced during the Second World War, the film was intended as a morale booster for American troops and their families.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.