| Reveille with Beverly | |
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 Newspaper advertisement | |
| Directed by | Charles Barton |
| Written by | Howard J. Green Jack Henley Albert Duffy |
| Based on | Reveille with Beverly 1941-44 radio show by Jean Ruth[1] |
| Produced by | Sam White |
| Starring | Ann Miller William Wright Dick Purcell |
| Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
| Edited by | James Sweeney |
| Music by | John Leipold |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40,000 (estimated) |
| Box office | $2,100,000 (USA) |
Reveille with Beverly is a 1943 American musical film starring Ann Miller, Franklin Pangborn, and Larry Parks directed by Charles Barton, released by Columbia Pictures, based on the Reveille with Beverly radio show hosted by Jean Ruth.[2] It is also the name of the subsequent soundtrack album.
The film featured a number of notable guest appearances by such important big band era musicians as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, The Mills Brothers, Bob Crosby, Freddie Slack, and Ella Mae Morse.
In his narration for the 1977 documentary film Life Goes to War, Johnny Carson remarked that while he was stationed on Guam during World War II, he had "memorized the entire score—and most of the dialogue—of Reveille with Beverly".
- ^ "Jean Hay, 87, Host During War Of 'Reveille With Beverly' Show". AP. 3 October 2004 – via The New York Times.
- ^ Edwards, Owen (May 2004), "'Beverly': Better Than the Bugler", Smithsonian Magazine, pp. 35–36