Around the World

Around the World (1943)

THE MUSICAL THAT GOES PLACES... all over the global map on a song-and-laugh tour of our fighting fronts!

Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.

Date of release
1943-11-27
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Director
Allan Dwan

Casting

Interesting facts

Around the World is a 1943 American musical comedy film produced and directed by Allan Dwan from an original screenplay by Ralph Spence. RKO Radio Pictures premiered the film at the Globe Theater in New York on November 24, 1943. The film has a large cast, and stars Kay Kyser and his band, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis, Marcy McGuire, Wally Brown, and Alan Carney. The picture follows Kyser and his troupe on a tour of U.S. military bases around the world. The film includes one-liners, sight-gags, double-talk, running gags, and other comedy performed by Kyser's band.

Production

In April 1943, it was announced that Alan Dwan would be handling both the directing and producing responsibilities for the pictures. At the same time, Jimmy McHugh and Harald Adamson were selected to write the songs for the film, and Kay Kyser was cast as the lead. The working title of the film was Keep Em Singing. Mischa Auer, Joan Davis, and Marcy McGuire were added to the cast the following week, in early May.

The film began production the last week of May 1943, and lasted through the first week in August. Originally scheduled to be shot at RKO Studios in Hollywood, due to scheduling conflicts the production was moved to the Pathe studios in Culver City. In July it was announced that selected members of the cast would preview the film for military personnel at 20 different military installations prior to the film's release to the general public.

Two of the songs from the film, "Candlelight and Wine" and "Don't Believe Everything You Dream", were some of the most popular songs in the United States by the middle of November. Many of the performers in the film participated in a Thanksgiving morning performance for the troops on NBC radio.

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