Here Come the Waves

Director: Mark Sandrich Mark Sandrich

Overview

Bing Crosby is typecast as popular singer Johnny Cabot, a teen idol who enlists in the military and falls in love with twins (both portrayed by Betty Hutton).

Product Details

Release Date:	09/02/2014
UPC:	0025192095900
Original Release:	1944
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	47,128

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bing Crosby	Johnny Cabot
Betty Hutton	Susie Allison, Rosemary Allison
Sonny Tufts	Windy
Ann Doran	Ruth
Gwen Crawford	Tex
Noel Neill	Dorothy
Catherine Craig	Lieutenant Townsend
Anabel Shaw	Isabel
Harry Barris	Bandleader
Minor Watson	High Ranking Officer
Dorothy Jarnac	Specialty Dancer
Joel Friend	Specialty Dancer
Roberta Jonay	Specialty Dancer
Guy Zanette	Specialty Dancer
Oscar O'Shea	The Commodore
Don Kramer	Miles & Kover Trio
Eddie Kover	Miles & Kover Trio
Ruth Miles	Miles & Kover Trio
Mona Freeman	1st Fainting Girl
Carlotta Jelm	2nd Fainting Girl
Jack Norton	Waiter
Jimmie Dundee	Chief Petty Officer
Lillian Bronson	Cabot Fan
Jean Willes	Girl
J. Alex Havier	Waiter,Waiter
James Flavin	Shore Patrolman
Weldon Heyburn	1st Civilian
Kit Guard	Yellow Cab Driver
Kay Linaker	1st Pretty Girl
Terry Adams	2nd Pretty Girl
Babe London	Girl Window Washer
Greta Granstedt	Wave Control Tower Operator
Yvonne De Carlo	Girl
George Turner	Recruit
William Haade	C.P.O.
William Forrest	Lieutenant Commander
Cyril Ring	Lieutenant Colonel
Charles D. Brown	Capt. Johnson
Marjorie Henshaw	Isabel
Mae Clark	Ensign Kirk
Edward Emerson	Civiiian
Harold Arlen	Musician,Composer
Johnny Mercer	Musician
Robert Dolan	Composer

Technical Credits

Ken Englund

Zion Myers

Allan Scott

Mark Sandrich	Director,Producer
Gordon Jennings	Special Effects
Paul K. Lerpae	Special Effects
Ken Englund	Screenwriter
Zion Myers	Screenwriter
Allan Scott	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

How much one enjoys Here Come the Waves may very much depend on one's appreciation or and/or tolerance for Betty Hutton. Not that Waves is a solo Hutton vehicle by any means. The lead star is Bing Crosby, and while he's certainly not putting himself out to mine dramatic depths (which would be pretty hard to find anyway, given the circumstances), he turns in an enjoyable performance in his patented easygoing style. He's also in fine voice (and, on one occasion, not-so-fine blackface), and Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer have supplied him with some first-rate songs, including the sensual "That Old Black Magic" (written for an earlier film), the jaunty "Let's Take the Long Way Home," and the infectious "Accentuate the Positive." They've also given Crosby and Hutton an appealing duet in "I Promise You" and a boisterous "Poughkeepsie" for Hutton. Of course, Hutton could make "Ave Maria" boisterous, and that's part of the problem some will have with Waves. In truth, Hutton does do some very nice underplaying here -- but almost all of it is when she's portraying the "quiet" twin sister. When she's called on to be the raucous one, she lets out all the stops -- and then lets them out again. This can quickly become wearing, especially when the screenplay offers little of substance to offset her outbursts of energy. If one has a taste for Hutton, Here Come the Waves should be just what the doctor ordered; but even those who don't like Hutton should enjoy Crosby, the score, and the breezy direction.