Hi' Ya, Sailor
Cast & Crew
Jean Yarbrough
Donald Woods
Elyse Knox
Eddie Quillan
Frank Jenks
Phyllis Brooks
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sailor Bob Jackson is notified by the Acme Music Publishing Co. that they are interested in publishing one of his songs, but they require a $200 payment to cover "expenses." His friends, Corky Mills, Bull Rogan and Deadpan Weaver, help put up the money, but, upon their arrival in New York City, they discover that they have been swindled. The sailors then travel all over the city to find a new publisher, but are told that Bob needs a big name act to introduce his first song before it can be published. Unable to pay their taxi fare, the sailors attempt to hide in the Service Men's Canteen, but they are followed there by their female taxi driver Pat Rogers. Pat finds singer Nanette's gold cigarette case, and gives it to the sailors to return, knowing that she will get her money if Nanette agrees to sing one of Bob's songs. The sailors go to the Smart Set nightclub, where Nanette has been arguing with her jealous boyfriend and manager, Lou Asher. When Lou sees Bob with the cigarette case, he thinks that the sailor is Nanette's secret sweetheart, and forces Bob to go with him to the singer's apartment. Pat and the sailors follow them, and arrive at the apartment just as Lou is having some of his henchmen work over Bob. Pat goes for help, and with the assistance of her fellow female cab drivers, Lou and his men are defeated. Later, Nanette introduces Bob's first published song at the Service Men's Canteen, and Bob and Pat are married.
Director
Jean Yarbrough
Cast
Donald Woods
Elyse Knox
Eddie Quillan
Frank Jenks
Phyllis Brooks
Jerome Cowan
Matt Willis
Florence Lake
Charles Coleman
Mantan Moreland
Jack Mulhall
Ray Eberle
Wingy Manone
Delta Rhythm Boys
Leo Diamond Quintet
Mayris Chaney Trio
George Beatty
Hacker Duo
Nilsson Sisters
Canteen Vocalaires
Martha Macvicar
Robin Raymond
Ray Walker
Grace Hayle
Jody Gilbert
Hal K. Dawson
Fern Emmett
Patsy Moran
Harry Strang
Rebel Randall
Al Thompson
Frank Penny
Kay Deslys
Phil Dunham
Martin Ashe
Marie Harmon
Jack C. Smith
John O'connor
Crew
Jerome Ash
William Austin
Count Basie
George Beatty
Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
Bernard B. Brown
Everett Carter
R. A. Gausman
Joseph Gershenson
John B. Goodman
Abraham Grossman
James F. Hanley
William Hedgcock
Fanya Lawrence
Jack Mackenzie
Maxine Manners
Jean Miller
Pierre Norman
Don Pierce
Maceo Pinkard
Billy Post
Stanley Roberts
Milton Rosen
H. J. Salter
Willard Sheldon
I. S. Webb
Vera West
Jean Yarbrough
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Notes
Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times news items state that Universal assigned producer Paul Malvern to this project in January 1943, but his contribution to the released film has not been determined.
