Bring on the Girls (film)

Bring on the Girls
Directed by	Sidney Lanfield
Produced by	associate; Fred Kohlmar
Written by	Karl Tunberg; Darrell Ware
Based on	story by Pierre Wolff
Starring	Veronica Lake; Sonny Tufts; Eddie Bracken; Marjorie Reynolds
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Edited by	William Shea
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	30 March 1945
Running time	92 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

Bring on the Girls is a 1945 American musical comedy film starring Eddie Bracken, Sonny Tufts and Veronica Lake.[1][2] It is loosely based on the 1940 French comedy The Man Who Seeks the Truth.

Plot

Wealthy J. Newport Bates breaks off an engagement after discovering his fiancée is a gold digger. He joins the Navy anonymously but his family insist he be chaperoned by Phil North.

While on leave in Miami, Jay meets cigarette girl Teddy Collins, who was once was engaged to Phil. When Teddy learns Jay is rich she flirts with him and he falls for her. Phil thinks Jay's new girl is Sue Thomas, a singer at the club.

Cast

Veronica Lake as Teddy Collins
Sonny Tufts as Phil North
Eddie Bracken as J. Newport Bates
Marjorie Reynolds as Sue Thomas
Johnny Coy as Benny Lowe
Peter Whitney as Swede
Alan Mowbray as August
Grant Mitchell as Uncle Ralph
Porter Hall as Dr. Efrington
Thurston Hall as Rutledge
Lloyd Corrigan as Beaster
Sig Arno as Joseph
June Foray as The Voice Of Parrot
Yvonne de Carlo

Production

The film was from the writers of the Bing Crosby musical Dixie. It marked Veronica Lake's return to the screen after an absence of several months, during which she had lost a child and been divorced. It was her first proper musical, although she had sung in This Gun for Hire and Star Spangled Rhythm.

Her original co-stars were to be Eddie Bracken and Dick Powell.[3] Eventually Powell was replaced by Sonny Tufts.[4]

Filming started in January 1944.

According to Diabolique magazine "After the debacle of The Hour Before Dawn and the traumas of her private life, Lake was carefully protected in this film – not given too much action, not having to carry the bulk of the plot, being cast in a role which is the variation of the one she played in I Wanted Wings – to wit, a gold-digging night club girl (though Lake doesn’t sing)."[5]

References

THE SCREEN IN REVIEW: At the Paramount At the Fifty-fifth Street A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Film Version of Betty Smith's Novel, With a Uniformly Fine Cast, Opens at the Roxy. By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 01 Mar 1945: 25
DRAMA AND FILM: Light Musical Named for Veronica's Return Niven Busch's Forthcoming Novel, Duel in the Sun, May Be Filmed by Wood Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 08 Oct 1943: 15.
SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Sonny Tufts Named Co-Star of Bring On the Girls -- 'Battle of Russia' Leaves Tuesday Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 20 Nov 1943: 8.
Vagg, Stephen (11 February 2020). "The Cinema of Veronica Lake". Diabolique Magazine.

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[2] THE SCREEN IN REVIEW: At the Paramount At the Fifty-fifth Street A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Film Version of Betty Smith's Novel, With a Uniformly Fine Cast, Opens at the Roxy. By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 01 Mar 1945: 25

[3] DRAMA AND FILM: Light Musical Named for Veronica's Return Niven Busch's Forthcoming Novel, Duel in the Sun, May Be Filmed by Wood Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 08 Oct 1943: 15.

[4] SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Sonny Tufts Named Co-Star of Bring On the Girls -- 'Battle of Russia' Leaves Tuesday Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 20 Nov 1943: 8.

[5] Vagg, Stephen (11 February 2020). "The Cinema of Veronica Lake". Diabolique Magazine.