Three women in three different situations report for induction at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and end up roommates. What follows is a frothy and fun musical.Three women in three different situations report for induction at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and end up roommates. What follows is a frothy and fun musical.Three women in three different situations report for induction at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and end up roommates. What follows is a frothy and fun musical.
The DeMarco Sisters
- The Williams Sisters
- (as The De Marco Sisters)
Dorothy Abbott
- WAC
- (uncredited)
Bette Arlen
- Bridesmaid
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaKathy Tongay, the little girl with whom Esther Williams swims in one sequence, died shortly before her sixth birthday just a year after the film was released, after suffering fatal internal injuries after her swimming coach father instructed her to make a dive from a 33-foot-high platform in Florida. (Her older brother Russell 'Bubba' Tongay, also appears in the sequence; the brother/sister team performed as The Aquatots). Following the tragic dive, their father was sentenced to ten years in prison on child-endangerment related charges.
- GoofsJeff Donnell is credited as Lt. Giff, but introduces herself as Chief Giff when the ladies first arrive at Great Lakes. She also wears the rank of a Chief Petty Officer (noncommissioned officer) and not of a Navy Lieutenant (commissioned officer).
- Quotes
Whitney Young: You said the one thing in your life was Dick.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Vanquished (1953)
- SoundtracksSkirts Ahoy!
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Ralph Blane
[Performed by female chorus over opening titles; played instrumentally behind the black drill team]
Featured review
"We gotta go out and get ourselves a guy!"
Diverting bit of fluff from MGM about three women who join the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) to get away from their respective man troubles. One (Joan Evans) was left standing at the altar, one (Esther Williams) left someone standing at the altar, and another (Vivian Blaine) never got to the altar. The women go through training, singing and having fun along the way, until they get down to the important business at hand: landing a man.
Vivian Blaine keeps things moving with her energetic performance. Joan Evans starts out being a terribly depressing character but she has a good turnaround about a half-hour in. Esther Williams seems to be going through the motions; not bad but not remarkable in any way. Barry Sullivan plays her love interest. The two have no chemistry at all. The DeMarco sisters are fun to watch. Debbie Reynolds has a cameo in a dance routine. Emmett Lynn is a scene stealer as Pop the plumber. The song and dance numbers are nothing to write home about. At least one of them ("What Good is a Gal without a Guy?") is downright embarrassing. Still, it's a hard movie to dislike. Everything is light and frothy with an enjoyable trio of stars. The highlight of the whole thing is (not surprisingly) Esther's big swimming scene, this time with a couple of cute kids.
Vivian Blaine keeps things moving with her energetic performance. Joan Evans starts out being a terribly depressing character but she has a good turnaround about a half-hour in. Esther Williams seems to be going through the motions; not bad but not remarkable in any way. Barry Sullivan plays her love interest. The two have no chemistry at all. The DeMarco sisters are fun to watch. Debbie Reynolds has a cameo in a dance routine. Emmett Lynn is a scene stealer as Pop the plumber. The song and dance numbers are nothing to write home about. At least one of them ("What Good is a Gal without a Guy?") is downright embarrassing. Still, it's a hard movie to dislike. Everything is light and frothy with an enjoyable trio of stars. The highlight of the whole thing is (not surprisingly) Esther's big swimming scene, this time with a couple of cute kids.
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- Dec 16, 2015
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- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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