Harvest Melody

"Patriotic Stars Pitch in for the War Effort"

Nov 22 1943 Passed 1h 10m
Music, Romance, War

Farmer Tommy and his girl Jane come in from the country for a night at the Hollywood Trocadero. There, they meet Chuck, Hollywood's Number One press agent, and his Girl Friday, Daisie. Hearing of the hardships imposed down on the farm by the war-related labor shortage, Chuck offers the help of his clients, movie star Gilda Parker, heavyweight boxer Canvas, and Eddie Le Baron and his whole orchestra, to help harvest the crops.

Plot

Farmer Tommy and his girl Jane come in from the country for a night at the Hollywood Trocadero. There, they meet Chuck, Hollywoods Number One press agent, and his Girl Friday, Daisie. Hearing of the hardships imposed down on the farm by the war-related labor shortage, Chuck offers the help of his clients, movie star Gilda Parker, heavyweight boxer Canvas, and Eddie Le Baron and his whole orchestra, to help harvest the crops. Other than a mild romance between Tommy and Gilda, sparked by Chuck hoping for publicity, the crops get harvested in between musical interludes by The Radio Rogues, The Vigilantes, Sunny Fox and the Le Baron orchestra.

Written by

Allan Gale, Martin Mooney, Ande Lamb

Directed by

Sam Newfield

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

PRC, Walter Colmes Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
55
Average Rating
5.3 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA