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Follow the Band (1943)

Follow the Band poster
Directed by
Jean Yarbrough
Genre
musical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man tries to make it as a singer in New York City. He gets help from a Broadway producer and a bandleader.

lightheartedupbeatnostalgicenergeticwhimsicalbreezyold-fashioned

What happens

Follow the Band is a 1943 black-and-white musical film directed by Jean Yarbrough, one of many Universal churned out during World War II. It stars Eddie Quillan, Mary Beth Hughes, and Leon Errol, and is noteworthy as an early credit for Robert Mitchum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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