The Gang's All Here
Screening on Film
Directed by Busby Berkeley.
With Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, James Ellison.
US, 1943, 35mm, color, 103 min.
With Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, James Ellison.
US, 1943, 35mm, color, 103 min.
Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer who falls for a soldier, much to the dismay of his wealthy parents. She convinces the uptight couple to let her put on a show to entertain their son’s servicemen comrades. Berkeley’s first foray into color is made all the more vivid by banana-wielding chorus girls and the hyper-vivid presence of Carmen Miranda, who steals the show with “The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat.”
