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Give Out, Sisters (1942)
Edward F. Cline
Songs include:
Pennsylvania Polka
by Zeke Manners and Lester Lee
Sung by The Andrews Sisters
You're Just a Flower From An Old Bouquet
Written by Gwynne Denni and Lucien Denni
Sung by The Andrews Sisters
Who Do You Think You're Fooling?
Written by Ray Stillwell and Ray Gold
Sung by The Andrews Sisters
The New Generation
Written by Walter Donaldson
Sung by The Andrews Sisters
Jiggers the Beat
Written by Sid Robin and Al Lerner
Sung by Dan Dailey
This is one of several Universal musical comedies in '42 that combined the very popular Andrew Sisters with other young musical talent, including teenage Don O'Connor and Peggy Ryan and sometimes Gloria Jean, who is missing from this film. The prior "What's Cooking", which included Gloria Jean, is generally regarded as more interesting, but don't count this one out! It's lots of fun too, with lots of comedic dialogue along with the musicals. The second half turns into a Marx Brothers or Lucy-styled zany comedy.
About every musical of this era needed a new-found romantic couple or two to end the film with. Cute blond Grace McDonald and tall handsome Dan Dailey, as the Orchestra leader, are that couple in this film. Although their romantic development occupies only a tiny portion of the film, their dance and kiss in the finale suggests a future as a couple. Both Grace and Dan had an extensive background in vaudeville and Broadway as singer/dancers before their film careers. Like the Astaires, Grace formed a vaudeville team with her brother Ray, who also had a film career. Along with Dan, they were important players in the Broadway hit, "Babes in Arms", later featuring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in the film version. Ray would later marry Don O'Connor's constant film companion of this era: Peggy Ryan, featured in the present film. Unfortunately, Dan's considerable vaudevillian talents were little utilized in film before he entered military service, although he did a song and dance near the end of this film. After the war, Fox immediately made him a star leading man, mostly in musical comedies. He also costarred in the MGM musical comedy "It's Always Fair Weather", with Gene Kelly. In '49, he cut several records with The Andrew Sisters". A dozen years after the present film, he would again costar with Don O'Connor in the Fox musical comedy "There's No Business Like Show Business". Unfortunately, they didn't get along then, as Don's wife was in the process of switching to being Dan's wife!
Region 0 (ALL), will play in any DVD player, English, 65 minutes, Black and White, Universal Pictures, very good print.
Posted by Philip Shultz on Jan 25th 2023
but you won't be able to remember one from another either! There was one film, (don't know if it was this one) where they impersonated three old ladies, and that was very funny. If ordering any of The Andrews Sisters' movies, check the plot line for this one. Also see which one of their films also has Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Gloria Jean - they are all extra attractions.
Posted by RICHARD MANIGOE on Jan 12th 2023
The movie was fascinating to watch, it captured my interest immediately! Enjoyed the music tremendously and the production concepts were outstanding. Dance in this film was presented with superb technique. I believed the story and watched the video a second time, this picture motivated my artistic ambitions!
Posted by Gerald Parker on Nov 4th 2019
This is a cute film. The presence of both the Andrews Sisters and of Donald O'Connor made me hope that there would be more dancing in the film than turns out to be the case.
The stuffy, old biddy, self-righteous rich sisters is good caracature and how things work out to ruin their years-long case is amusing. However, there just is not enough of the good stuff for a first-rate music and dance film in this one.
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