Up in Arms

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Up in Arms

1944

1h 46m

Musical

Comedy

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Hypochondriac elevator operator Danny Weems (Danny Kaye) and his best friend, Joe (Dana Andrews), are drafted. After basic training, the men discover that their friends, Virginia (Dinah Shore) and Mary (Constance Dowling), are nursing officers. Though Danny knows Virginia likes him, he likes Mary -- who in turn cares for Joe. When the men are ordered into duty, Mary is inadvertently trapped on board their ship. Trying to protect her friend, Virginia joins them as they set sail for war.

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

Jan 8, 2018

Dinah loves Danny, who thinks he loves Constance Dowling, who loves Dana Andrews, Danny's best pal. But don't worry. Everything works out just fine.

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Noel Murray

The Dissolve

Dec 16, 2013

2.5/5

Kaye is at his best in Up In Arms, where he stops the show multiple times.

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Don Q.

Cine-Mundial

Sep 16, 2019

Danny Kaye's adventures in the army are unrivaled. [Full review in Spanish]

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Steve Crum

Video-Reviewmaster.com

Mar 8, 2008

4/5

Par excellance Danny Kaye in first film; and very WWII in spirit, theme.

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Carol Cling

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Sep 1, 2006

4/5

Danny and Dinah are a delight in Kaye's feature debut.

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@ScottR Sep 13, 2023

One of my favorites of Kaye. Great supporting cast. A bit schmaltzy on the music / romance, but the comedy and gags make up for it. This was one of our favorite VHS' that we would watch as kids. Kaye puts on a show for the troops. It was on Amazon.

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Apr 23, 2018

I am a Danny Kaye fan. I especially like this one for its song When It's Cherryblossom Time (In Orange New Jersey).

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Jul 25, 2015

Danny Kaye's film debut isn't very good (unless you enjoy Kaye's mugging for the camera), but it does include his classic patter songs "Melody in 4F" and "Manic Depressive Pictures Presents"; Dinah Shore comes off best and sings the Oscar-nominated "Now I Know."

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Jan 19, 2013

ok musical version of eddie cantor's 'whoopee'

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Oct 28, 2010

Watching the immensely talented Danny Kaye is always pure joy.

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Sep 5, 2010

This movie could have been better, but it was funny sometimes. I loved Andrews, but Kaye was annoying.

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Synopsis

Hypochondriac elevator operator Danny Weems (Danny Kaye) and his best friend, Joe (Dana Andrews), are drafted. After basic training, the men discover that their friends, Virginia (Dinah Shore) and Mary (Constance Dowling), are nursing officers. Though Danny knows Virginia likes him, he likes Mary -- who in turn cares for Joe. When the men are ordered into duty, Mary is inadvertently trapped on board their ship. Trying to protect her friend, Virginia joins them as they set sail for war.

Director: Elliott Nugent
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Screenwriter: Don Hartman
Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co: Avalon Productions S.L., The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 17, 1944, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2020
Runtime: 1h 46m

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