This Is the Army

This Is the Army

It's your own army - in the army's own show!

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures

1943121 min5.7 / 10

A patriotic, music-filled wartime entertainment that celebrates military camaraderie and American spirit through song and spectacle, with a romantic subplot about duty and commitment.

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Questions people ask

  • Does This Is the Army end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is This Is the Army easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 88% of films.

  • Is This Is the Army scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is This Is the Army sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is This Is the Army violent? Not especially. Less violent than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

14/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity21

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise9

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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