Movie · 1944
Follow the Boys
Released 5 May 1944 More from 1944 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Welles to W.C. Fields to George Raft to Marlene Dietrich, and dozens of other Universal players.
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How old were they?
Elizabeth Patterson
as Annie
W.C. Fields
as W. C. Fields
Bobby Barber
as Soldier - W.C. Fields Routine (uncredited)
Charles Butterworth
as Louie Fairweather
Gale Sondergaard
as Gale Sondergaard (uncredited)
George Macready
as Walter Bruce
Frank Jenks
as Chick Doyle (uncredited)
Jeanette MacDonald
as Jeanette MacDonald
Grandon Rhodes
as George Grayson (uncredited)
Thomas Gomez
as Thomas Gomez (uncredited)
Sam Levene
as Sgt. Leo Andreof (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
as Capt. Williams (uncredited)
Alan Curtis
as Alan Curtis (uncredited)
Robert Paige
as Robert Paige (uncredited)
Maria Montez
as Maria Montez (uncredited)
Noah Beery Jr.
as Noah Beery Jr. (uncredited)
Orson Welles
as Orson Welles (uncredited)
Vera Zorina
as Gloria Vance
Evelyn Ankers
as Evelyn Ankers (uncredited)
Peter Coe
as Peter Coe (uncredited)
Louise Allbritton
as Louise Allbritton (uncredited)
Turhan Bey
as Turhan Bey (uncredited)
Martha O'Driscoll
as Martha O'Driscoll (uncredited)
Donald O'Connor
as Donald O'Connor
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The numbers
51years between the oldest and youngest billed
69Elizabeth Patterson — oldest on the call sheet
18Donald O'Connor — youngest billed
36average age of the credited cast