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Little film directed by Richard Quine (Command Decision) about the tour organized by the singer Frances Langford (This is the Army) with her friends pianist Ben Lessy (Thousand Cheers) and guitarist Tony Romano (Radio Stars on Parade), playing each their own role, to entertain the US soldiers, especially the wounded ones, in the Australian territories of Papua and New Guinea during the Pacific War against Japan.

Frances Langford takes the plot from her own chronicles written as a "Purple Heart Diary" during the war for the newspapers of William Randolph Hearst's corporation. The Purple Heart, as explained, was "the first military decoration of the USA", awarded by George Washington to "valiant American heroes", and then granted to injured ones. The film mixes musical performances with episodes where Frances helps soldiers to fix personal problems.

Frances, Ben and Tony arrive in Port Moresby, Papua, and are welcomed by the pretty strict lieutenant Mike (Judd Holdren, Mystery Submarine). Here she meets Elmo (Warren Mills, here for his final role, Out of the Depths), who has a dedicated photo from her and claims she is his girlfriend. Then in Milne Bay, Papua, and its "bloodthirsty mosquitoes", she meets the lieutenant nurse Cathy (Aline Towne, Harbor of Missing Men), who is in love with the lieutenant Rocky (Brett King, Flying Leathernecks), a former "football legend" but now mutilated.

Finally near Finschhafen, New Guinea, where they crash in the damaged plane piloted by lieutenant Roberts (Harry Guardino, Up Front), they will have to face a Japanese threat which could come from over the sky or from under the sea. This very modest film, played without showing many affects, devoted to a good cause, should through its little adventures keep the public attention until the end.

During WWII, quite a few actors, singers and entertainers traveled the world to entertain the Allied troops. Of these folks, one of the most traveled during this period was the singer, Frances Langford. This film is a highly fictionalized account of some of her travels and she plays herself in the movie.

The film consists of MANY scenes with the entertainers performing for the troops...MANY. So, if you don't want to hear Langford sing or others telling jokes or singing, then the film will be tough going. This is because the plot is scant and the movie is very episodic. In other words, at each leg of this trip, some hard luck story takes place and Frances is there to save the day! One is about a real country bumpkin who has lied...telling his friends he and Langford are friends. Another is about a bitter guy who loses a leg and Langford's trick to try to pull him out of his funk.

Overall, this is just an okay movie. However, it really came out way too late. Such a movie might have been a nice propaganda piece had it come out during WWII. It did come out during the Korean War, though no mention is of this.