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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Music

1h 14m

December 24, 1942 (82 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Allan Jones

Allan Jones

Johnny Kovacs aka Johnny O'Rourke

Birthday: October 14, 1907

35 June 27, 1992 (84)
Jane Frazee

Jane Frazee

Joyce Benton

Birthday: July 18, 1915

27 September 6, 1985 (70)
Gloria Jean

Gloria Jean

Marilyn Benton

Birthday: April 14, 1926

16 August 31, 2018 (92)
Donald O'Connor

Donald O'Connor

Frankie Flanagan

Birthday: August 28, 1925

17 September 27, 2003 (78)
Peggy Ryan

Peggy Ryan

Dusty

Birthday: August 28, 1924

18 October 30, 2004 (80)
Grace Hayes

Grace Hayes

Orchestra Violinist

Birthday: August 23, 1895

47 February 1, 1989 (93)
Richard Davies

Richard Davies

Lt. Tommy Bridges

Birthday: August 3, 1915

27 April 2, 1994 (78)
Maceo Anderson

Maceo Anderson

One of the Four Step Brothers tap dancing act.

Birthday: July 3, 1910

32 July 4, 2001 (91)
Clyde Fillmore

Clyde Fillmore

Hamilton Wellman

Birthday: October 25, 1876

66 December 19, 1946 (70)
Marla Shelton

Marla Shelton

Diana Wellman

Birthday: October 12, 1912

30 February 14, 2001 (88)