World War II
Black Dragons
In Black Dragons, a group of businesssmen are sabotaging the war effort, for unknown reasons. Then Bela Lugosi’s character starts killing them, one by one! And FBI agent starts investigating …
Read More »Black DragonsKeep ‘Em Flying song lyrics
Song lyrics to Keep ‘Em Flying by Bill Coleman, as performed in Abbott and Costello’s “Keep ‘Em Flying“
Keep ’em flying, keep ’em in the sky
Keep ’em flying, hitting hard and high
On every lip, the fervent cry
Keep ’em flying Uncle Sam
Salt Water Cowboy
Song lyrics to Salt Water Cowboy (1944) lyrics and music by Redd Evans
Who is that great big wonderful man,
Wearing that fine coat of tan?
Blondie for Victory
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) starring Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson
The Wackiest Ship in the Army is a World War II comedy/drama starring Jack Lemmon, who’s tasked with taking a floating hunk of junk across the ocean on a top secret mission …
Read More »The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyThe Man Who Never Was
The Man Who Never Was (1956), starring Clifton Webb, Gloria Grahame, Robert Flemyng
The Man Who Never Was is a World War II thriller. In order to mislead the Nazis about an invasion, the British take an anonymous corpse, “make” him a fake officer, plant fake orders on him, and leave the corpse where the Nazis will find him…
Read More »The Man Who Never WasThe Juggler
The Juggler (1953) starring Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Joseph Walsh
The Juggler is a powerful, touching story of a Holocaust survivor. Once a world-famous juggler, he’s made his way to Israel. He blames himself for the deaths of his wife and child in the Nazi death camps.
Read More »The JugglerFather Goose
Father Goose (1964) starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron
Father Goose is a strange, funny, war-of-the-sexes story that turns into a love story. It’s set during World War II, with Cary Grant and Leslie Caron.
Read More »Father GooseBounce Me Brother with a Solid Four
Song lyrics to Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four, Lyrics by Don Raye, Music by Hugh Prince, Performed by The Andrews Sisters in Buck Privates
Say, what kind of beat is that
Man, that really spins my hat
Doesn’t sound like boogie woogie,
‘Cause it’s really got a beat.