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At War with the Army

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This film's copyright was registered to York Pictures Corp. and Screen Associates, Inc. on January 23, 1951 (LP 679), and was renewed on December 7, 1979 (RE43009). However, the film has since lapsed into the public domain as the copyright holders failed to renew their copyright in the 28th year of
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However, upon its release, Martin and Lewis ended up in a long, drawn-out legal battle. After several years, they relinquished all financial interest in this film in exchange for not having to make any more of these "outside" ones. The copyright on this film was not renewed in 1977, resulting in its
245: 29: 482:, they were allowed to make one film "outside" the studio per year through their own company, York Productions. This film was made under that provision, with the stars taking a small salary in exchange for 90 percent of the film's profits. 251: 250: 247: 246: 252: 288:. Filmed from July through August 1949, the film premiered in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1950, before opening nationwide on January 17, 1951. It was re-released in 1958 by OMAT Pictures. 679: 249: 666:, there have been at least a dozen DVD releases from a variety of companies comprising many different quality prints. In July 2014, Film Chest released a restored version in 1432: 821: 1197: 367:
worker who is pregnant, a company commander who gets all his information from his wife, a scheming supply sergeant, and a defective Coca-Cola machine.
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Puccinelli wants to be transferred from his dull job to active duty overseas, but is refused transfer and is to be promoted to
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had his ethnicity changed for Dean Martin whilst two characters were combined for Lewis's character.
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fending off the amorous advances of his drunken platoon sergeant, a sequence on an
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Alvin Korwin, who were partners in a nightclub song-and-dance act, join the Army.
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that ran for 151 performances from March 8, 1949 to July 16, 1949 with
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The producers opened up the play by adding a sequence of an
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and Kenneth Forbes repeating their roles. It was filmed at
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Along the way they both sing a few songs, and they do an
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Hal Walker
Fred Finklehoffe
James Allardice
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Mike Kellin
Polly Bergen
Paul Weatherwax
Joseph J. Lilley
Paramount Pictures
musical
comedy film
Hal Walker
Paramount
Martin and Lewis
Polly Bergen
My Friend Irma Goes West
Martin and Lewis
My Friend Irma
United States Army
World War II
First Sergeant
Private First Class
Warrant Officer
platoon sergeant
impression
Bing Crosby
Barry Fitzgerald
Going My Way

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