Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
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Esther Williams generously shares screen time with Joan Evans and Vivian Blaine in Skirts Ahoy! The three leading ladies play WAVE officers who experience a daunting series of romantic misadventures. Whitney Young (Williams) had joined the WAVES after leaving her fiancé at the altar. Conversely Mary Kate Yarbrough (Evans) was jilted on her wedding day by her intended, while Una Yancy (Blaine) has donned a uniform in hopes of finding a husband. Much of the humor is of the gender-switch variety, with the three lady sailors ogling and whistling at every eligible male who crosses their path. Inevitably, Williams sheds her navy duds in favor of a swimsuit, while Blaine performs a comic torch song in the manner of her "Miss Adelaide" characterization in Guys and Dolls. Poor Joan Evans isn't given a musical number, but she does get her man (Keefe Brasselle) at the end. Guest performers include the singing DeMarco Sisters and youthful aquatic champs Russell and Kathy Tongay. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Esther Williams - Whitney Young
- Vivian Blaine - Una Yancy
- Keefe Brasselle - Dick Hallson
- Margalo Gillmore - Lt. Cmdr. Stauton
- Jeff Donnell - Lieutenant Giff
- Roy Roberts - Capt. Graymont
- Hayden Rorke - Doctor
- Madge Blake - Mrs. Vance
- Suzette Harbin - Black drill team
- Mary Foran - Fat Girl
- Bobby Van - Himself
- Juanita Moore
- Paul Harvey - Old naval officer
- Mae Clarke - Miss LaValle
- Joan Evans - Mary Kate Yarbrough
- Barry Sullivan - Lt. Cmdr. Paul Elcott
- Billy Eckstine - Himself
- Dean Miller - Archie O'Conovan
- Thurston Hall - Thatcher Kinston
- Emmett Lynn - Plumber
- Whit Bissell - Mr. Yarbrough
- Byron Foulger - Tearoom manager
- Rudy Lee - Randy
- Henny Backus - Nurse
- Debbie Reynolds
- Ruth Lee - Mrs. Yarbrough
- William Haade - Bosun's mate
- DeMarco Sisters - The Williams Sisters
- Director(s):
- Sidney Lanfield
- Writer(s):
- Isobel Lennart
- Producer(s):
- Joe Pasternak
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