Where's My Man To-nite (1943)
Also known as Marching On!
1943 · Feature film · 78 min · dir. Spencer Williams
- War
Synopsis
During World War II, a young African American is forced to continue his family’s tradition of military service when he is drafted into the United States Army. Despite complications that arise during his basic training, including his jealousy following his girlfriend's flirtatious attention to his sergeant, the young soldier becomes a hero when he locates Japanese saboteurs operating a radio station outside of his military base.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Spencer Williams
- Writer
- Spencer Williams
- Released
- 1943-01-01
- Running time
- 78 minutes
Cast & crew
Spencer Williams Director
Hugo Martin- George T. Sutton
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Fine African-American Army Drama Set in the U.S. · Poohbah70 · 2019-08-16
Written and directed by Spencer Williams, Jr. (best known as Andy in TV's "Amos and Andy" 1951-'54), this is not a great film, but a good one having historical interest regarding black soldiers training during WW2 and entertainment value, with an extended (ca. 22 minutes) music, dance and comedy section. One should definitely read the IMDb review of 25 July 2013 by catherine-71, "Historic Footage of Black Soldiers at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, in WW II", for its important historical and contextual overview. The script is okay, the acting adequate, but the overall story line has some good twists…
★★★ · Wow.. · Dr Feel Rotten · 2011-03-10
They really laid it on thick here for ol Rodney and gave him the chance to fight for truth, justice and the American way... in Arizona? This almost seemed like it was a mediocre dance routine with a really great band and drummer punctuated with a little bit or lousy acting and a lot of propaganda tossed in for good measure so the army of 1943 could recruit more bus boys and cooks while trying to convince African Americans they too could capture the glory of post traumatic stress. To bad they lied to to many at that time and abused the white power structure... There is a historical context of…
