Director Edward Sutherland’s 1944 Universal Pictures black and white film Follow the Boys tries hard to deliver its advertised promise of ‘Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Come Together For A Great Cause!’ with an all-star line-up in Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich, W C Fields, Jeanette MacDonald, George Raft, Vera Zorina, Charley Grapewin, Grace MacDonald, Charles Butterworth, George Macready, Elizabeth Patterson, Dinah Shore, Donald O’Connor, Peggy Ryan, Maria Montez, Andrews Sisters, Sophie Tucker, Nigel Bruce and Gale Sondergaard.
George Raft plays song-and-dance man Tony West, who organises wartime shows for US troops, in this hugely entertaining World War Two morale-boosting propaganda picture.
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