Seven Days' Leave (1942) on Netflix
Approved19421h 27mComedyMusicalRomance
Soldier Johnny Grey has seven days' leave and is engaged to singer Mapy Cortés. A $100,000 bequest requires him to marry Terry Havelock-Allen, though she is already engaged to another man.
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Plot summary
Army privates Johnny Grey, Speak Jackson and Buddy Clark, called Clarky, have played in the Les Brown band. The three receive seven days' leave before their unit ships out and spend part of it at a Les Brown concert, where Johnny takes up his romance again with the band's singer, Mapy Cortés. Johnny then learns that his great-grandfather has left him $100,000. In New York, Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve, who handles the estate, explains the condition attached to the money: Johnny has to marry into the Havelock-Allen family. Terry Havelock-Allen is the glamorous elder daughter, and she is engaged to Ralph Bell. Jackson, an amateur impressionist, telephones Ralph posing as film stars to draw him out of town.
Cast
- Lynn Royce & Vanyaas Specialty Dancers (as Lynn) (as Royce & Vanya)
- Ralph Edwards & Co.as Radio Performers
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- According to Hedda Hopper, Victor Mature, Lucille Ball and Tim Whelan had a massive fight on the set that held up filming for an hour.
- Tim Whelan discovered Marcy McGuire singing in a nightclub in Chicago, arranged a screen test, and cast her in the film.
