When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1942)

By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.

The movie When Johnny Comes Marching Home, released in 1942, features 12 songs from artists like the (credited) Phil Spitalny All-Girl Orchestra with, Allan Jones , Jane Frazee , Gloria Jean, Donald OConnor , and the Phil Spaltany All-Girl Orchestra with Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. What is your favorite song from When Johnny Comes Marching Home?

Songs from When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Romance

This Is It

Green Eyes

My Little Dream Girl

You and the Night and Music

Say It With Dancing

One Of Us Has Gotta Go

This Is Worth Fighting For

the (credited) Phil Spitalny All-Girl Orchestra with

The Yanks Are Coming

Allan Jones , Jane Frazee , Gloria Jean, Donald OConnor ,

We Must Be Vigilant

the Phil Spaltany All-Girl Orchestra with Evelyn and Her Magic Violin

Red Safarin

Jazz Etude