Four jills in a jeep is the mostly true story of a fourgirl uso team. Four jills in a jeep is a 1944 film starring kay francis, carole landis, martha raye, and mitzi mayfair as themselves, reenacting their uso tour of europe and north africa during world war ii. Seiter e protagonizado por kay francis, carole landis, martha raye, alice faye, betty grable e carmen miranda. Four jills in a jeep wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Mitzi mayfair and three other women kay francis, carole landis, martha raye entertain troops in england and north africa.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for four jills in a jeep 1944 william a. The four actresses did an outstanding job in the movie about their adventures during wwii as well as in real life. Meanwhile, italy, germany and the soviet union were involved in the spanish civil war. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Four women by the name of jill are sent by the uso to entertain the troops during world war ii.
This book tells you the adventures of four popular hollywood s. Seiter, with kay francis, carole landis, martha raye, at turner classic movies. Tony romano was an american jazz guitarist and singer. The tour included great britain, ireland, and north africa. Kay francis, martha raye, carole landis and mitzi mayfair play. Four jills in a jeep is a wonderful musical from 1944 starring carole landis, kay francis, mitzi mayfair, and martha raye. Films made during the war of ethiopia and the sinojapanese war. Drove by the neighborhood where we stayed in rome two years ago and there was a wrangler rubicon parked outside a bar on the corner. United service organizations wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Four jills in a jeep 1944 dvd region 1 us import ntsc. The women experience plenty of adventure as they travel around in a jeep, and they find themselves in some rather odd and sometimes dangerous situations.
After reading a biography about martha ray i purchased four jills in a jeep. Fox went a different route with four jills in a jeep 1944, which was modestly produced, only ninety minutes in length, and did not employ more than a handful of guest stars, focusing instead on reenacting the reallife wartime adventures of its four stars. Don foran, a retired civil engineer and world war ii veteran, with a 1942 willys jeep that he restored in his shop in amarillo, texas. Betty grable, alice faye, dick haymes, carole landis, carmen.
James street, robert gibbons, william fay, timothy fuller, leigh white, william t. Four jills in a jeep is the mostly true story of a fourgirl uso team, entertaining american troops overseas. Carole landis, martha raye, kaye francis and mitzie mayfair play themselves recounting their adventures entertaining servicemen in this 20th century fox film, four jills in a jeep. You are kindly invited to watch the whole thing if you wish. Find 1945 to 1960 willys jeeps for sale on oodle classifieds. The history of jeep began with world war ii, and it is safe to say that no other motor vehicle has ever inspired the kind of respect and affection accorded the world war ii jeep. Todays 1944 jeep replica looks sort of, kind of, a little bit like that original jeep. Reenactments of actual uso experiences of its female stars.
Four jills in a jeep 1943 movie clip how blue the night. The cherokee arrived as a sporty twodoor version of the wagoneer. Four jills in a jeep is a musical romance war film that was released in 1944. Glamorous carole landis is most remembered today for an illfated affair with rex harrison but. In postwar vienna, occupied by the allies, four sergeants representing each of the occupying nations usa, england, france, soviet union patrol in the same jeep. Jeep ford gpa gpw, jeep willys ma mb, jeep hotchkiss m201. That is, it does if the original were stretched out and squashed down and fitted with what look like garden. Reenactments of actual uso experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas. Kay francis, carole landis, phil silvers, william a. Oct 10, 2017 don foran, a retired civil engineer and world war ii veteran, with a 1942 willys jeep that he restored in his shop in amarillo, texas. Quality is at the heart of everything we do at carid, so whatever your project, our brand name products and qualified experts will ensure success. Four jills in a jeep is a 1944 film starring kay francis, carole landis, martha raye, and mitzi mayfair as themselves, reenacting their uso tour of europe and.
Four jills in a jeep summary motion picture poster for four jills in a jeep shows kay francis, carole landis, martha raye and mitzi mayfair riding in a jeep and a small image of dick haymes. I found this movie to be good, clean fun and the best part of the movie was the fact that all four ladies played themselves. According to an apr 1943 hr news item, landis, raye and mayfair were also scheduled to make a short film recreating their act. Join millions of people using oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified preowned car listings, and new car classifieds. Preorder the hunger games prequel now download our free. The problem with four jills in a jeep, which was based off of a book by carole landis, is by the time it reached the screen it was completely altered from truth. The original tour began on october 16, 1942 and ended a little over 3 months later.
The willys mb and the ford gpw, both formally called the u. Four jills in a jeep is the mostly true story of a four girl uso team, entertaining american troops overseas. The embedded video at the bottom of this post consists of an entire featurelength film titled four jills in a jeep. Our vast selection of premium accessories and parts ticks all the boxes. Twentieth centuryfox loaned harold schuster to the army to direct the. Four jills in a jeep 1944 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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This wisp of a plot takes a back seat to the musical numbers performed by the four stars, by dick haymes in his screen debut as a singing gi. Shop four jills in a jeep 1944 dvd region 1 us import ntsc. Four jills in a jeep by william seiter kay francis, carole landis. The willys mb us army jeep, along with the nearly identical ford gpw, was manufactured from 1941 to 1945. Headed by kay francis, it also included martha raye, carole landis, and mitzi mayfair. A few minutes before the rain, the stream was only a few inches deep. Before the films opening credits, an onscreen written. A wartime movie, about the contribution of the gals to the big existential struggle.
A major player of 1930s film and stage, she was the unofficial leader of the quartet. This photo shows fifth army jeep vehicles crossing a rain swollen stream in the volterra sector, italy, 9 july 1944. Written by carole landis, she, along with kay francis, mitzi mayfair and martha raye, spent several months in england and then north africa supporting the boys fighting overseas. Army signal corps logo is on the bottom left of the image. Being small and compact, it could be transported to battle areas by plane or glider, dropped by parachute, or floated across a river. In the movie version, there are romances which didnt really take place, plus alltoofrequent appearances by phil silvers as an army sargeant who is their escort. Borrowing its title from the landis book, the film four jills in a jeep 1944 was thus conceived. This photo is displayed on the page of photos of the truck, 14 ton, 4x4 willys mb, ford gpw ww ii army jeep. Watch four jills in a jeep full movie in hd visit reenactments of actual uso experiences of its female stars entertai. One day they are given the mission to capture and arrest a prisoner who has run away from a soviet war prisoner camp. Of the four actresses, kay francis was the most established. Kay francis, martha raye, carole landis and mitzi mayfair play themselves, recreating their recent whirlwind tour of europe and north africa. Four jills in a jeep in based loosely on the true story of a uso unit which went overseas.
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