Skirts Ahoy! (DVD)

Three women, three different situations: Whitney (Williams), a rich girl who leaves her groom at the altar; Una (Vivian Blaine), a shop girl whose desire to marry is continually thwarted by the duty assignments of her sailor boyfriend; Mary Kate (Joan Evans), who was left at the altar by a hesitant Fiance. Soon, all three women report for induction at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and end up roommates. What follows is a frothy and fun musical buoyed by a chipper cast and seven tunes by Ralph Blane and Harry Warren. Skirts Ahoy! Features two swim numbers with Williams and a star turn by Debbie Reynolds and Bobby Van, who sparkle in a special song-and-dance routine to 'Oh By Jingo!' Ahoy, indeed!

Starring: Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Barry Sullivan, Keefe Brasselle, The De Marco Sisters, Thurston Hall, Russell "Bubba" Tongay, Kathy Tongay, Roy Roberts, Emmett Lynn, Billy Eckstine, Dean Miller, Margalo Gillmore, Jeff Donnell, Hayden Rorke, Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Keenan Wynn, Skip Martin and His Orchestra, The Marimba MerryMakers, Paul Harvey, Ruth Lee, Whit Bissell, Rudy Lee, Madge Blake, Bette Arlen, Jody Hutchinson, Lillian Culver, Margaret Bert, Wheaton Chambers, Estelle Eterre, Gloria Noble, Mae Clarke, Kathleen Freeman, Phyllis Kennedy, Tomi Thurston, Mina Kolb, Doctor Phillips, Beverly Wills, Wendy Waldron, Helen Winston, Sarah Spencer, Elaine Riley, Miss Dockerty, Byron Foulger, Diane Cassidy, Nan Leslie, Dorothy Abbott, Henny Backus, Jack Gargan, Don Haggerty, Bob Simpson, Millie Bruce, Frances Robinson, Artie Young, Louise Franklin, Suzette Harbin, Louise Collette, Mildred Boyd, Tomasina Ayers, Florence Collins, Gwendolyn Heyliager, Mauri Lynn, Juanita Moore, Bernice McGlover, Frances Nealy, Alpha Seals, Lena Torrence, Madi Comfort, Tracy Young, Alvy Moore, Steve Wayne, Roger McGee, Robert Board, Tommy Bernard, Margaret Kint, Kay Scott, Kathleen Qualen, John Logan, Jimmy Thomas, Harry Mackin, Fred Datig Jr., William Haade, Howard Mitchell, Mary Moran, Wilson Wood, Michael Dugan, Mitzi Uehlein, Fred Hoose, Kathleen O'Malley, Beryl McCutcheon, Miriam Hendry, Muffin Mayo, Gene Summers, Meredith Leeds, Nolie Miller, Erin Selwyn, Sally Seaver

Director: Joe Pasternak