September 21, 2014 /

The Joint is Really Jumpin’! Judy Garland and José Iturbi

Movie Review, The New York Times

Thousands Cheer (1943)

THE SCREEN; ‘Thousands Cheer,’ Lavish Metro Musical With an All-Star Cast, Makes Its Appearance at War Bond Rally at Astor

Published: September 14, 1943

Uncle Sam had a good time last night and so did the thousand and more of his nieces and nephews who swelled the Third War Loan Drive by $534,000 at the War Bond première of “Thousands Cheer.” The first night audience went away from the Astor completely satisfied; they had done themselves and their country a good deed, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had rewarded them with two solid hours of magnificent entertainment. Turning the evening over to the Treasury Department was as appropriate as it was patriotic, for “Thousands Cheer” is a musical with an Army-camp background, and in Technicolor, even the guard house never looked lovelier.

 

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6 Comments

  2. Gallivanta
    September 21, 2014

    Hmmmm….does the Treasury do stuff like this anymore???

  3. Marcheline
    September 22, 2014

    Hey! That was fun!

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