{"id":19200,"date":"2011-08-11T00:19:36","date_gmt":"2011-08-11T07:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19200"},"modified":"2021-01-15T10:22:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:22:34","slug":"gangs-all-here-the-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19200","title":{"rendered":"Gang&#8217;s All Here, The (1943)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;That hat! I&#8217;ll have to watch my bell cords and lampshades.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA soldier (James Ellison) about to leave for war romances a chorus girl (Alice Faye), failing to tell her he&#8217;s engaged to his childhood sweetheart (Sheila Ryan). Meanwhile, his father (Eugene Palette) and Ryan&#8217;s father (Edward Everett Horton) plan a welcome-back musical for him, starring both Faye and a Brazilian singer (Carmen Miranda).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alice Faye Films<\/li>\n<li>Busby Berkeley Films<\/li>\n<li>Carmen Miranda Films<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s Put On a Show!<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken Identities<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Soldiers<\/li>\n<li>World War Two<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary accurately notes that this &#8220;camp classic&#8221; (the first film &#8220;directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley&#8221;) possesses &#8220;a nominal plot&#8221; &#8212; indeed, it&#8217;s simply a paper-thin variation on the &#8220;boy meets-loses-wins girl&#8221; trope, with a ridiculous mistaken-identity &#8220;subplot&#8221; thrown in for good measure, and a humorously hasty happy ending slapped on to bring things to a convenient close. But, as he points out, the &#8220;conventional story [truly] takes a back seat to the songs and dances&#8221;, which are &#8220;some of the worst yet most inspired, colorful, and extravagant musical numbers in cinema history&#8221; (quite a mixed compliment, there!). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-63457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He posits simply that they &#8220;boggle the mind&#8221;, and likens the entire film to one of &#8220;those so-awful-they&#8217;re-fascinating half-time shows during the Orange Bowl&#8221;. With that said, film fanatics of any stripe (i.e., gay or straight) won&#8217;t want to miss watching &#8212; at least once &#8212; the film in which the infamously English-mangling Carmen Miranda (&#8220;I spilled the cat out of the beans!&#8221;) sings &#8220;The Lady With the Tutti-Frutti Hat&#8221; while &#8220;chorus girls do suggestive things with giant bananas&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for limber-limbed Charlotte Greenwood strutting her stuff in a brief scene, and a (perhaps unknown; her identity is debatable) acrobatic dancer in a black leotard doing a nifty solo in a medley towards the end. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carmen Miranda singing &#8220;The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Miranda.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Miranda-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Miranda-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Miranda-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Miranda-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Miranda.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Greenwood&#8217;s surprisingly limber dance maneuvers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Greenwood.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Greenwood-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Greenwood-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Greenwood-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Greenwood-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Greenwood.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Busby Berkeley&#8217;s marvelously surreal dance &#8220;creations&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-19205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Gangs-All-Here-Banana-Dance2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes &#8212; to see Carmen Miranda in her most iconic film, and as a camp classic.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0035916\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/pm\/review\/the-carmen-miranda-collection\/\">Pop Matters Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyfilmdose.com\/2008\/06\/gangs-all-here.html\">Daily Film Dose Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;That hat! I&#8217;ll have to watch my bell cords and lampshades.&#8221; Synopsis: A soldier (James Ellison) about to leave for war romances a chorus girl (Alice Faye), failing to tell her he&#8217;s engaged to his childhood sweetheart (Sheila Ryan). Meanwhile, his father (Eugene Palette) and Ryan&#8217;s father (Edward Everett Horton) plan a welcome-back musical for him, starring both Faye and a Brazilian singer (Carmen Miranda). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alice Faye Films Busby Berkeley Films Carmen Miranda Films Let&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19200\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19200"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63458,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19200\/revisions\/63458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}