Thousands Cheer - Original Trailer 1943

Storywise, Thousands Cheer is thin stuff indeed. Insouciant PFC Eddy Marsh (Gene Kelly) wants to put on a Big Show for his fellow serviceman. Along the way, Eddy falls in love with Kathryn Jones (Kathryn Grayson), the daughter of Colonel William Jones (John Boles). End of story. The principal selling angle of Thousands Cheer is the presence in the cast of virtually every musical talent on the MGM payroll: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, Jose Iturbi, the Kay Kyser Orchestra, Bob Crosby and his Bobcats, the Benny Carter band, Ann Sothern, Lucille Ball, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven?..the list goes on and on and on. Since Thousands Cheer was designed as a patriotic wartime morale-booster, it is indeed ironic that the film was written by Paul Jarrico and Richard Collins, both of whom would be blacklisted during the Red-baiting 1950s. Kathryn Grayson - Kathryn Jones Mickey Rooney - Guest Star Judy Garland - Guest Gene Kelly - Eddie Marsh Mary Astor - Hyllary Jones Red Skelton - Himself John Boles - Col. Jones Eleanor Powell - Herself José Iturbi - Himself Ann Sothern - Guest Frances Rafferty - Marie Virginia O'Brien - Herself Frank Morgan - Himself Lena Horne - Herself Marsha Hunt - Herself Marilyn Maxwell - Herself Donna Reed - Guest Margaret O'Brien - Guest June Allyson - Guest Gloria de Haven - Herself John Conte - Himself Sara Haden - Herself Don Loper - Himself Ben Blue - Chuck Mary Elliott - Helen Frank Jenks - Sgt. Koslack Frank Sully - Alan Dick Simmons - Capt. Avery Ben Lessy - Silent Monk Sig Arno - Uncle Algy Lionel Barrymore - Announcer Monte Blue Daisy Bufford - Maid Wally Cassell - Jack Eileen Coghlan Bob Crosby and His Orchestra Cliff Danielson Natalie Draper - Girls at Station Connie Gilchrist - Taxicab Driver Aileen Haley Myron Healey - Soldier Betty Jaynes - Girl at Station Will Kaufman - Papa Corbino Kay Kyser Linda Landi - Polish Girl at Station Marta Linden - Skit Nurse James Millican - Sgt. Carrington Major Ed Mortimer - Guest Odette Myrtil - Mama Corbino Bea Nigro - Woman Peggy Remington Carl Saxe - Sergeant Major Paul Speer - Specialty Dancer Harry Strang - Capt. Haines William Tannen - Prison Sergeant Don Taylor - Soldier Ray Teal - Ringmaster Florence Turner - Mother at Station James Warren Bryant Washburn - Lt. Col. Brand Pierre Watkin - Alex Eve Whitney