Reveille with Beverly

1943
Approved
1h 18m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Ann Miller in Reveille with Beverly (1943)

Beverly Ross moderates an 5:30 am radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a wealthy sponser, the other used to be his chauffeur, but before she can decide, which of them she likes more, the soldiers have their marching orders and are away to their destination.

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Beverly Ross moderates a 5:30 AM radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a ... Read allBeverly Ross moderates a 5:30 AM radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a wealthy sponsor and the other used to be his chauffeur. Before she can decide which one sh... Read allBeverly Ross moderates a 5:30 AM radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is a wealthy sponsor and the other used to be his chauffeur. Before she can decide which one she prefers, the soldiers have their marching orders and are away to their destination.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

494

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Bob Crosby and His Orchestra
(as Bob Crosby and His Orchestra)

Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

Freddie Slack and His Orchestra

Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse

Duke Ellington Orchestra

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
(as Duke Ellington and His Orchestra)

Count Basie and His Orchestra

Count Basie and His Orchestra

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

The Mills Brothers

The Mills Brothers
(as Mills Brothers)

The Radio Rogues

The Radio Rogues

William Wright

Barry Lang

Dick Purcell

Andy Adams

Larry Parks

Eddie Ross

Douglas Leavitt

Mr. Ross

Adele Mara

Evelyn Ross

Harry Anderson

Sgt. Anderson
(uncredited)

Bobby Barber

Collins
(uncredited)

Eddie Bartell

Eddie - The Radio Rogues
(uncredited)

Count Basie

Count Basie - Count Basie and His Orchestra
(uncredited)

Director
- Charles Barton
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Trivia
Johnny Carson has said that while he was stationed on Guam in World War II, he saw this movie so many times he had memorized all the dialogue and most of the score.

Goofs
When Eddie gets into Barry's car for the first time, he tunes the radio to Beverly's station by pressing one of the five preset buttons and then fine-tuning just a little with the rotary knob. The location of the preset button he pushed and the place where the tuning indicator slid were not in the same section of the dial. Eddie had never been in the car before, so how did he know which button to push? The more logical thing for a complete stranger to do would have been to simply use the knob to move the selector.

Quotes
Beverly Ross: It was my husband who made me realize that wash day hands were threatening our marriage.
Mrs. Beverly Ross: [listening to the commercial on the radio] That's Beverly now!
Beverly Ross: But I patted my husband's cheek and said, "Darling, you need a shave." Fancy my embarrassment when he replied, "Sweetheart, I just did shave. It's the palm of your hand that has the whiskers." Right then I got the idea that I needed an exotic hand lotion. Some notion - and some lotion.

Connections
Featured in The Bell Telephone Hour: On the Road with Duke Ellington (1967)

Soundtracks
One O'Clock Jump
Written by Count Basie
Played by Count Basie and His Orchestra

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Featured review

8/10

A delightful movie with snapshots of the WWII home front

This is a cheery movie with actual performances by famous bands and singers of the 1940's. It is a time capsule depicting aspects of the home front during World War II. It is very upbeat throughout the entire movie. There is one interesting goof. In the scene where Duke Ellington and his band plays "Take the A Train" there are scenes of a Chicago and Northwestern RR diesel powered streamlined train of the 1940's. The set on which the Ellington Band is playing recreates the interior of a streamlined train of the early 1940s. The "A Train" in the title refers to a New York City subway route that ran from Brooklyn to Harlem to Northern Manhattan. This mistake adds some fun to the movie. I watch for it each time I see it.