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Meet the Navy (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Meet the Navy' is a 1946 British musical comedy film based on the Canadian musical revue 'Meet the Navy'. Filmed in England in November 1945, it was directed by Alfred Travers and produced by British National Films. It starred Lionel Murton, Margaret Hurst and Robert John Pratt. A musical troupe entertain sailors from the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, and the film shows their personal history and experiences. The film concludes with a Technicolor sequence, with the cast involved in a Royal Command Performance, featuring a young Princess Elizabeth.
Cast
* Lionel Murton ... Johnny
* Margaret Hurst ... Midge
* Robert John Pratt ... Horace
* Robert Goodier ... Tommy
* Phyllis Hudson ... Jenny
* Percy Haynes ... Cook
* Bill Oliver ... C.P.O. Oliver
* Jeanette De Hueck ... Gracie
* Oscar Natzke ... Fisherman
* Alan Lund ... Dancer
* Billy Mae Richards ... Dancer
Box Office
According to 'Kinematograph Weekly' the 'biggest winner' at the box office in 1946 Britain was 'The Wicked Lady', with "runners up" being 'The Bells of St Marys', 'Piccadilly Incident', 'The Road to Utopia', 'Tomorrow is Forever', 'Brief Encounter', 'Wonder Man', 'Anchors Away', 'Kitty', 'The Captive Heart', 'The Corn is Green', 'Spanish Main', 'Leave Her to Heaven', 'Gilda', 'Caravan', 'Mildred Pierce', 'Blue Dahlia', 'Years Between', 'O.S.S.', 'Spellbound', 'Courage of Lassie', 'My Reputation', 'London Town', 'Caesar and Cleopatra', 'Meet the Navy', 'Men of Two Worlds', 'Theirs is the Glory', 'The Overlanders', and 'Bedelia'.
Critical reception
'Allmovie' described the film as "Virtually plotless, the British 'Meet the Navy' is not so much a film as a musical revue. Which is as it should be, since the film is based on the Royal Canadian Navy stage show of the same name, originally put together by radio musical arranger Louis Silvers and choreographer Larry Ceballos. Like its Hollywood predecessor 'This Is the Army',' Meet the Navy' is so smooth and professional-looking that one doubts the publicity claims that the cast was composed entirely of talented amateurs. Few of the cast members went on to illustrious careers, though most were certainly capable of doing so"; and 'TV Guide' gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "An entertaining British musical."
References
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