Trivia and Quotes
Quotes
Jenny Saks: Can we visit the crows-nest?
Captain Dingby: No, under no circumstances. It`s nesting season.
Jenny Saks: Can we visit the brig? There`s a man I`d like to see in it. Uh, I mean, I want to see a man who`s in it.
Gunny Saks: I will never join the Navy again, even if they make me a general.
"Mush" Tracy: Have you ever seen a general in the Navy?
Gunny Saks: No, `cause they`re smart.
Gunny Saks: But Jenny, I`m your husband.
Jenny Saks: Don`t remind me.
"Mush" Tracy: I`ve got a inventive mind.
"Peppy" Turner: *Most* sailors have.
"Mush" Tracy: No fooling, I`ve invented something right now, and if I get it working, I`ll sell it to the government for plenty of dope.
"Peppy" Turner: What`s that?
"Mush" Tracy: I`m crossing parrots with carrier pigeons.
"Peppy" Turner: What for?
"Mush" Tracy: So you can send verbal messages.
Nora Paige: Is that your daughter?
Jenny Saks: Yes, first prize at the Marathon Dance.
Nora Paige: I guess your daddy is proud of you.
Sally Saks: I`ve never seen my daddy.
Nora Paige: Why haven`t you told him?
Sally Saks: Because someday we`re gonna surprise him.
Jenny Saks: Gunny, Sally is our child.
Gunny Saks: That`s a fine time for telling me.
Jenny Saks: Why?
Gunny Saks: I`ve joined the the Navy again
Jenny Saks: I`ll see you in four years.
Ted Baker: Hello.
Nora Paige: Hello, what`s the thing about?
Ted Baker: Well, boy meets girl.
Nora Paige: Oh, I see. Well, boy loses girl.
Ted Baker: Boy gets girl back.
Nora Paige: Not so fast, sailor.
Ted Baker: You`re not very patriotic.
Nora Paige: I am, but I`m not uniform-crazy.
Trivia
Geraldine Robertson played Chorine (uncredited). She landed the part as a result of being crowned Queen of the Centennial at the Texas State Fair in 1936, crowned by Ginger Rogers, and part of the prize for winning was a screen test with MGM.
The dress that Virginia Bruce throws on the floor and refuses to appear in is the same dress worn by Jeanette MacDonald in San Francisco (1936), a few months earlier.
The only appearance by James Stewart in a musical film.
According to the biography "Beyond the Rainbow", this film was at one point to have included a role for Judy Garland.
Eleanor Powell singing voice was dubbed by Marjorie Lane.
Adding/correcting qv`s Cole Porter picked James Stewart for the male lead and later said he sang "Easy to Love" as well as any professional singer. A dubbing track was prepared with baritone Jack Owens, but it was decided that Stewart`s tenor voice was perfect for the song. In That`s Entertainment! (1974), Stewart said, "The song had become a huge hit, even my singing wouldn`t hurt it."
Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Charles Lane (Stage manager), Billy Watson (Newsboy) and Fuzzy Knight (Pianist).
Allan Jones was intended for Ted Barker, but the role went to James Stewart.
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