Movie
Skirts Ahoy!
Musical film with a runtime of 109 minutes, released in 1952. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Esther Williams
- Vivian Blaine
- Joan Evans
- Barry Sullivan
- Keefe Brasselle
- Billy Eckstine
- Dean Miller
- Margalo Gillmore
- Jeff Donnell
- Thurston Hall
- Russell 'Bubba' Tongay
- Kathy Tongay
- Roy Roberts
- Emmett Lynn
- Hayden Rorke
- Debbie Reynolds
- Bobby Van
- Paul Harvey
- Ruth Lee
- Whit Bissell
- Rudy Lee
- Madge Blake
- Mae Clarke
- Byron Foulger
- Juanita Moore
- Millie Bruce
- Suzette Harbin
- Henny Backus
- Robert Board
- Mary Foran
- William Haade
- Marimba Merrymakers
- William Mellor
- Cedric Gibbons
- Nick Castle
- George Stoll
- Isobel Lennart
- Daniel B. Cathcart
- Cotton Warburton
