Priorities on Parade (1942)
THE FIRST BIG SWING SHOW OF THE SWING SHIFT!
Band leader Johnny Draper auditions his band, the Dixie Pixies, at the Eagle Aircraft Co., hoping to be hired to play for the workers in the plant. However, personnel manager E. V. Hartley can only offer them regular jobs, and when Johnny inspires the Dixie Pixies to work in the plant, lead singer and dancer Donna D'Arcy leaves the band for a singing job at the Club Martel in downtown Los Angeles.
- Date of release
- 1942-07-23
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy
- Director
- Albert S. Rogell
Casting
- Ann Miller — Donna D'Arcy
- Johnny Johnston — Johnny Draper
- Jerry Colonna — Jeep Jackson
- Betty Jane Rhodes — Lee Davis
- Barbara Jo Allen — Mariposa Ginsbotham
- Harry Barris — Harvey Erkimer
- Eddie Quillan — Sticks O'Hara
- Dave Willock — Push Gasper
- Nick Cockrane — Frank - Cornetist
- Rod Cameron — Stage Manager
- Arthur Loft — E. V. Hartley
- William Forrest — Col. Reeves
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