Private Buckaroo
Encyclopedia
Private Buckaroo is a 1942
American Musical film
directed by Edward F. Cline
and starring The Andrews Sisters
, Dick Foran
, Harry James
, Shemp Howard, Joe E. Lewis
, and Jennifer Holt
.The film tells the story of army recruits following basic training, with the Andrew Sisters attending USO dances.
Eddie Acuff
, Wade Boteler
, Eddie Bruce, George Chandler
, Jimmy Conlin
, Pat Flaherty
, Bess Flowers
, Helen Forrest
, Edmund Glover, Grace Hayle, Robert Emmett Keane, Harold Miller, Sidney Miller
, Edmund Mortimer
, William H. O'Brien, Gene O'Donnell, Eddie Parker
, Tommy Rall
, Joey Ray, Addison Richards
, Jeffrey Sayre, Edwin Stanley
and Billy Wayne appears uncredited.
1942 in film
The year 1942 in film involved some significant events, in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest of all time, Casablanca.-Events:...
American Musical film
Musical film
The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, though in some cases they serve merely as breaks in the storyline, often as elaborate...
directed by Edward F. Cline
Edward F. Cline
Edward Francis Cline was a screenwriter, actor, writer and director. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin and died in Hollywood.-Career:...
and starring The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews...
, Dick Foran
Dick Foran
John Nicholas 'Dick' Foran was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.-Life and career:...
, Harry James
Harry James
Henry Haag “Harry” James was a trumpeter who led a jazz swing band during the Big Band Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was especially known among musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as his superior tone.-Biography:He was born in Albany, Georgia, the son of a bandleader of a...
, Shemp Howard, Joe E. Lewis
Joe E. Lewis
Joe E. Lewis , born Joseph Klewan in New York City, was an American comedian and singer.-Biography:...
, and Jennifer Holt
Jennifer Holt
Jennifer Holt was an American actress.-Biography:Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods...
.The film tells the story of army recruits following basic training, with the Andrew Sisters attending USO dances.
Plot summary
Entertainer Lon Prentice initally is keen to enlist in the US Army but is prevented due to have one flat foot. Having the flat fixed, he is accepted for enlistment. Soon after basic training begins, Private Prentice informs his commanding officer he finds most military training useless, unnecessary and beneath him. His commander orders all the men that Private Prentice is exempt from doing things he doesn't want to do; which turns the entire camp against him.Cast
- The Andrews SistersThe Andrews SistersThe Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews...
(Maxene Andrews, Patty Andrews and Laverne Andrews) - Dick ForanDick ForanJohn Nicholas 'Dick' Foran was an American actor, known for his performances in western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures.-Life and career:...
as Lon Prentice - Joe E. LewisJoe E. LewisJoe E. Lewis , born Joseph Klewan in New York City, was an American comedian and singer.-Biography:...
as Lancelot Pringle McBiff - Ernest TruexErnest TruexErnest Truex was an American actor of stage and film.-Career:...
as Col. Elias Weatherford - Jennifer HoltJennifer HoltJennifer Holt was an American actress.-Biography:Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods...
as Joyce Mason - Shemp Howard as First Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel
- Harry JamesHarry JamesHenry Haag “Harry” James was a trumpeter who led a jazz swing band during the Big Band Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was especially known among musicians for his astonishing technical proficiency as well as his superior tone.-Biography:He was born in Albany, Georgia, the son of a bandleader of a...
as Himself (Harry James and His Music Makers) - Richard DaviesRichard Davies (actor)Richard Davies is a Welsh actor, from Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales whose film and TV work covers many years but is probably best known for his performance as the exasperated schoolmaster Mr Price in the LWT popular situation comedy Please Sir!.Davies uses a broad Welsh accent for much of his...
as Lt. Howard Mason - Mary WickesMary WickesMary Wickes was an American film and television actress.-Career:Wickes was born as Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser in St. Louis, Missouri, of German Irish Protestant extraction. She graduated at the age of eighteen with a degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis, where she...
as Bonnie-Belle Schlopkiss - Donald O'ConnorDonald O'ConnorDonald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule...
as Donny - Peggy RyanPeggy RyanMargaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan was an American dancer, best known for starring in a series of movie musicals at Universal Pictures with Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean....
as Peggy - Huntz HallHuntz HallHenry Richard "Huntz" Hall was an American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the "Dead End Kids" movies, such as Angels with Dirty Faces , which gave way to the "The Bowery Boys" movie franchise, a prolific and highly successful series of comedies in...
as Cpl. Anemic - Susan Levine as Tagalong
Eddie Acuff
Eddie Acuff
Eddie Acuff was an American actor. His best-known recurring role is that of Mr. Beasley, the postman, in the Blondie movie series that starred Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake....
, Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler was an American film actor. He appeared in over 430 films between 1919 and 1943.He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
, Eddie Bruce, George Chandler
George Chandler
George Chandler was an American actor best known for playing the character of "Uncle Petrie" on the television series Lassie...
, Jimmy Conlin
Jimmy Conlin
Jimmy Conlin was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32 year career.-Career:...
, Pat Flaherty
Pat Flaherty
George Francis 'Pat' Flaherty, Jr. was an American racecar driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1956....
, Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers was an American actress. By some counts considered the most prolific actress in the history of Hollywood, she was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in over 700 movies in her 41 year career....
, Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest
Helen Forrest was one of the most popular female jazz vocalists during America's Big Band era. She was born Helen Fogel to a Jewish family in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 12, 1917...
, Edmund Glover, Grace Hayle, Robert Emmett Keane, Harold Miller, Sidney Miller
Sidney Miller (actor)
-As actor:*1988 Memories of Me*1983-1985 Dungeons & Dragons *1972 Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask*1955 The Donald O'Connor Show *1954 Dragnet...
, Edmund Mortimer
Edmund Mortimer (actor)
Edmund Mortimer was an American actor and film director. He appeared in 251 films between 1913 and 1945. He also directed 23 films between 1918 and 1928....
, William H. O'Brien, Gene O'Donnell, Eddie Parker
Eddie Parker
Eddie Parker was a stuntman and actor who appeared in many classic films, mostly westerns and horror films...
, Tommy Rall
Tommy Rall
Thomas Edward "Tommy" Rall is an American ballet dancer, tap dancer and acrobatic dancer who was a prominent featured player in 1950s musical comedies...
, Joey Ray, Addison Richards
Addison Richards
Addison Richards was an American film actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1933 and 1964. He died from a heart attack...
, Jeffrey Sayre, Edwin Stanley
Edwin Stanley
Edwin Stanley , was an American film actor. He appeared in over 230 films between 1916 and 1946.He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...
and Billy Wayne appears uncredited.
Soundtrack
- Dick Foran - "Private Buckaroo" (Written by Charles NewmanCharles NewmanCharles Newman may refer to:* Charles Newman * Charles Newman * Charles M. Newman, mathematician...
and Allie WrubelAllie WrubelAllie Wrubel was an American composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Wrubel attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University before working in dance bands. He began his musical career in Greenwich Village, New York where he roomed with his close friend James Cagney...
) - The Andrews Sisters - "Three Little Sisters" (Written by Irving TaylorIrving Taylor (songwriter)Irving Taylor , was a Jewish-American composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. He enlisted in the US Navy the day after Pearl Harbor...
and Vic MizzyVic MizzyVic Mizzy was an American composer for television and movies whose best-known works are the themes to the 1960s television sitcoms Green Acres and The Addams Family. He also penned top-20 songs from the 1930s to 1940s.-Biography:Vic Mizzy was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended New York...
) - Dick Foran - "I'm in the Army Now"
- The Andrews Sisters - "Six Jerks in a Jeep" (Written by Sid Robin)
- The Andrews Sisters - "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" (Written by Sam H. SteptSam H. SteptSamuel Howard Stept was an American songwriter who wrote for Broadway, Hollywood and the big bands. He became known simply as Sam Stept or Sam H. Stept — he almost never used his full middle name.-Family:Born in Odessa, Russia, Stept came to the U.S. at the age of three and grew up in...
and Charles TobiasCharles Tobias-Biography:Born in New York City, Tobias grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts with brothers Harry Tobias and Henry Tobias, also songwriters.He started his musical career in vaudeville. In 1923, he founded his own music publishing firm and worked on Tin Pan Alley...
) - The Andrews Sisters - "James Session" Danced by Donald O'ConnorDonald O'ConnorDonald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor was an American dancer, singer, and actor who came to fame in a series of movies in which he co-starred alternately with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule...
, Peggy RyanPeggy RyanMargaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan was an American dancer, best known for starring in a series of movie musicals at Universal Pictures with Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean....
and The Jivin' Jacks and Jills - The Andrews Sisters - "Steppin' Out Tonight" based on the song "That's The Moon, My Son" (Written by Art Kassel and Sammy Gallop.
- Dick Foran and Helen Forrest - "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've SeenNobody Knows the Trouble I've SeenNobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen is a spiritual. The song is well known and many cover versions of it have been produced, although the rendition by Louis Armstrong is the best known. Marian Anderson had her first successful recording with a version of this song on the Victor label in 1925. Lena...
" - Harry James and His Music Makers - "Concerto for Trumpet"
- The Andrews Sisters - "Johnny Get Your Gun Again" (Written by Don RayeDon RayeDon Raye , born Donald MacRae Wilhoite, Jr., in Washington, D.C., was an American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just For A Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy."While known for...
and Gene de PaulGene de PaulGene de Paul was an American pianist, composer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in New York City, he served in the United States Army during World War II....
) - Dick Foran and The Andrews Sisters - "We've Got a Job To Do" (Written by Vickie Knight)
- Joe E. Lewis - "I Love the South"
- Helen Forrest with Harry James and His Music Makers - "You Made Me Love You" (Written by Joseph McCarthyJoseph McCarthyJoseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957...
and James V. Monaco)