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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1944 DVD Release: 06/17/2008 Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 27 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Musical, Musical Comedy

The Cole Porter Broadway musical Something for the Boys was brought to the screen by 20th Century Fox with three new non-Porter tunes thrown in. The dated libretto (by Herbert and Dorothy Fields) involves a crumbling Southern plantation which is converted into a home for servicemen's wives. Running the operation are three cousins: Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, and, from the South American branch of the family, Carmen Miranda. When money runs out, the threesome contrive to put on a fundraising show -- which of course looks far too expensive to break even, but since Carmen Miranda's in the picture, who knows. Perry Como makes his movie debut in Something for the Boys singing a handful of pleasant songs, while Judy Holliday shows up in a funny bit as a defense-plant welder with peculiar dental problems. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Carmen Miranda - Chiquita Hart
Michael O'Shea - Staff Sgt. Rocky Fulton
Vivian Blaine - Blossom Hart
Phil Silvers - Harry Hart
Perry Como - Sgt. Laddie Green
Sheila Ryan - Melanie Walker