When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Charles Lamont
1942-12-24

FORWARD MARCH! for romance...rhythm...and fun!
4
74 min

By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.

Cast

Name Character Team
Allan Jones Johnny Kovacs aka Johnny O'Rourke Unowned
Jane Frazee Joyce Benton Unowned
Gloria Jean Marilyn Benton Unowned
Donald O'Connor Frankie Flanagan Unowned
Peggy Ryan Dusty Unowned
Paul Everton Speaker (uncredited) Unowned
Grace Hayes Orchestra Violinist Unowned
Richard Davies Lt. Tommy Bridges Unowned
Maceo Anderson One of the Four Step Brothers tap dancing act. Unowned
Clyde Fillmore Hamilton Wellman Unowned
Marla Shelton Diana Wellman Unowned