This peppy wartime musical stars
Bing Crosby as radio crooner Johnny Cabot, the heartthrob of millions. To escape his frenzied fans, Johnny joins the Navy, where is he ordering to aid a WAVE recruiting drive. He is helped(?) in this endeavor by
Betty Hutton, amusingly cast in a dual role as twin sisters Susie and Rosemary, one a shy retiring brunette, the other a bold and brassy blonde (
Vera Marshe doubles for
Hutton is some scenes). Part of Johnny's recruiting strategy is to stage a musical show, as good an excuse as any for a steady stream of bouncy musical numbers. This is the film in which
Bing Crosby and
Sonny Tufts, both in blackface, introduce the
Johnny Mercer-
Harold Arlen standard "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive." Sharp-eyed viewers will spot
Yvonne de Carlo,
Mona Freeman,
Mae Clarke, and
Noel "Lois Lane" Neill in small roles. Here Come the Waves was partially remade by
Martin &
Lewis as Sailor Beware. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide