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 America's
singing heartthrob, Russ Raymond, performs his coast-to-coast show at radio
station WGAB before an adoring throng. His sudden disappearance after
the show causes national headlines. Russ travels incognito
cross-country to California, with reporter Dorothy Roberts in hot pursuit.
At the same time, sailors Smokey Adams and Pomeroy Watson are
sent to deliver a letter addressed to Tommy Halstead. Tommy Halstead
is Russ's real name, and the letter contains his enlistment papers.
Disguised as a maid, Dorothy sneaks into Russ's hotel room and photographs
him while he shaves off his mustache. Russ catches Dorothy and tells
her that he plans to spend the next six years in the U.S. Navy as "just
plain Tommy Halstead." When she tries to run out of the room with her
camera, Russ catches her, destroys her negatives, then takes a photo of
himself spanking her.
Eight weeks later, pretending to be a Navy publicist, Dorothy
sneaks onto the United States Naval Training Station with
The Andrews Sisters. As the singing sisters perform for the recent
naval graduates, Dorothy seeks her prey.
The Andrews Sisters themselves are looking for Pomeroy, whom they assume
from his letters is "tall, dark and handsome." Dorothy sends them over
to Russ, whom they immediately recognize, and she photographs the quartet.
Russ manages to destroy Dorothy's negatives once again, then points out the
real Pomeroy to the sisters. As he tries to impress
The Andrews Sisters, Pomeroy is chastised by chief petty officer
Dynamite Dugan for "pretending to be a sailor" when he is actually a pastry
cook who has never been to sea.
Later, Pomeroy, Smokey and Russ go to a San Diego dance hall
to see
The Andrews Sisters perform. Pomeroy finally gets his chance to
dance with Patty Andrews, but starts a brawl which lands him, Smokey and
Russ in the brig. The three sailors are then transferred to active
duty on the battleship U.S.S. Alabama. Dorothy stows away on
the Alabama, where she coerces Pomeroy and Smokey into hiding her.
Once they are in the middle of the Pacific, Russ discovers
Dorothy, and he warns her of the trouble Pomeroy will get into if she is
caught. Once the ship arrives in Hawaii, the sailors go to a nightclub
to see
The Andrews Sisters. There, Dynamite hits Russ in the face with a
pie as Dorothy snaps their picture. After Russ's picture ends up on
front pages across the country, women storm the ship on visitors' day in
hopes of seeing the idol.
Afraid that
The Andrews Sisters will discover that he is only a cook, Pomeroy
dresses himself as the battleship's captain and greets the singers in "his
quarters." While the portly sailor entertains the sisters, the
Alabama is ordered to give a demonstration of its maneuverability.
When Pomeroy's commands are followed, the ship puts on a brilliant display.
In the midst of his triumph, Pomeroy awakens and is be told by Smokey that
he mistakenly drugged himself and that it was all a dream.
That night, Dorothy apologizes to Russ, then proposes
marriage, stating that his fans will not chase after a married man.
Russ agrees, then joins with the others to put on a show to celebrate the
end of the ship's voyage. |
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