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Where Do We Go from Here?

  • 1945
  • Approved
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
310
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June Haver, Joan Leslie, and Fred MacMurray in Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
FantasyMusical

Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWI... Read allBill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.

  • Directors
    • Gregory Ratoff
    • George Seaton
  • Writers
    • Morrie Ryskind
    • Sig Herzig
  • Stars
    • Fred MacMurray
    • Joan Leslie
    • June Haver
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    310
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    • Directors
      • Gregory Ratoff
      • George Seaton
    • Writers
      • Morrie Ryskind
      • Sig Herzig
    • Stars
      • Fred MacMurray
      • Joan Leslie
      • June Haver
    • 17User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Fred MacMurray
    Fred MacMurray
    • Bill Morgan
    Joan Leslie
    Joan Leslie
    • Sally Smith…
    June Haver
    June Haver
    • Lucilla Powell…
    Gene Sheldon
    Gene Sheldon
    • Ali the Genie
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • Chief Badger
    Carlos Ramírez
    Carlos Ramírez
    • Benito
    Alan Mowbray
    Alan Mowbray
    • General George Washington
    Fortunio Bonanova
    Fortunio Bonanova
    • Christopher Columbus
    • (as Fortunio Bononova)
    Herman Bing
    Herman Bing
    • Hessian Col.…
    Howard Freeman
    Howard Freeman
    • Kreiger
    Mary Stewart
    Mary Stewart
    Adrian Altomare
      Russell Ash
        Sam Ash
        Sam Ash
          Joy Barlow
          Joy Barlow
            Joseph E. Bernard
            Joseph E. Bernard
            • Burgher
            • (uncredited)
            Sam Bernard
            Sam Bernard
            • Warden
            • (uncredited)
            Mimi Berry
            • Blonde
            • (uncredited)
            • Directors
              • Gregory Ratoff
              • George Seaton
            • Writers
              • Morrie Ryskind
              • Sig Herzig
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            8AlsExGal

            Marvelous little film and unique for its time

            This is a delightful fantasy operetta romp through American history, with a score by Kurt Weill and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.

            Bill Morgan (Fred MacMurray) wants to join the Army but is ruled 4F. Instead, he is put in charge of local scrap recycling. He breaks a lamp, and frees a genie. Morgan tell the genie he wants to get into the Army--but doesn't mention which century he wants. Morgan's girlfriends Sally (Joan Leslie) and Lucilla (June Haver) accompany him through the centuries.

            The fine score carries the film through and past its sillier moments. Leslie has the best song - "If Love Remains". The Christopher Columbus segment is done as an opera with MacMurray breaking up the grand opera with a patter song in the style of Gilbert and Sullivan. Haver is the liveliest of the three, as a born con woman, throughout the centuries. Watch for Anthony Quinn and read the traffic signs--no matter what century they're in.
            6utgard14

            "All my life I've wanted you to sit on my lap but it's no fun if you're not conscious."

            Fred MacMurray plays a guy who wants to do his patriotic duty and join the Army but he's 4F so they won't take him. To make matters worse, the girl he loves (June Haver) only dates soldiers. One night Fred frees a genie from a lamp and the genie grants him wishes in return. He wishes to be in the Army but the genie misunderstands and sends him back in time to join the Army of George Washington. From there, Fred bounces around in time to earlier points in American history where he sails with Columbus, buys Manhattan from Anthony Quinn, and hangs around with Dutch settlers who talk like Yoda.

            Well this was an interesting little gem I'd never heard of. It's a pleasant Technicolor musical comedy with songs by Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill. Fred MacMurray is amiable and easygoing. Joan Leslie is lovable as the girl best friend that is, of course, perfect for Fred but he doesn't see it yet. June Haver does fine in a role that would be easy to hate in a more serious movie. Fred and June met while making this and were later married. The songs are cute but nothing terribly impressive. Wait until you see MacMurray dance. Don't quit your day job, Fred! The Christopher Columbus operetta is probably the highlight. Enjoyable wartime fantasy that's very light and charming. Fun but never quite as good as it seems like it could be. Still, if you're a fan of the stars or old-school musicals you should like it.
            5ilprofessore-1

            Two great talents miss

            This heavy-handed big-budget 1945 Fox Technicolor comedy-romance musical features a great deal of rarely heard mediocre music, most of it by two of the greatest songwriters in the history of musical theater: the German composer Kurt Weill [ThreePenny Opera) and the American lyricist Ira Gershwin, George's brother, (Porgy and Bess). The only number among many that somehow rises above the ordinary is a well-staged ten-minute operetta parody, The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, with clever W.S. Gilbert-type lyrics by Gershwin, well sung by Columbian tenor, Carlos Ramirez as the mutinous Benito, Fortunio Bonanova (the music teacher in Citizen Kane) as Columbus, and the ever reliable Fred MacMurray, as always doing his very best to bring some life to feeble songs, dialogue, and silly situations. Throughout the film, Fred sings, reasonably, and on one brief occasion even tries to dance, badly, as he pursues two beautiful young woman through time--the charming June Haver and the lovely Joan Leslie. Gregory Ratoff, who could do better and did sometimes, is credited as director, although George Seaton did a number of uncredited scenes. Otto Preminger, before he stopped acting to direct, can be seen briefly in one of his nasty German general roles, and Tony Quinn in one of his many Indian parts, this time played for comedy.
            10guyzell42

            Really loved this movie!

            Saw it as many times as I could before it left the scene. A delightful and entertaining film with some of my very favorite stars. Only wish I could find it again! Would certainly buy/view it if I could. Please, somebody, bring it back. Fred MacMurray was perfect in his role as a patriot during World War II, and his leading ladies, Joan Leslie, and especially June Haver were beautiful and charming. It was a musical, but also romantic, funny, and clever. This was my favorite movie starring June Haver, although I always liked her. Her dazzling smile lit up the screen, and her beauty and talent were an asset to any film. The supporting cast lent credit to their individual roles. A well-balanced and light-hearted film; only wish we had more like it!
            6marcslope

            Where do we go? To the cutting room, obviously

            Look at the number of actors on the IMDB cast list who had their scenes deleted (Roy Rogers, yet!), and you'll smell trouble: It's not typical for a big, expensive Technicolor wartime musical like this one to clock in under 80 minutes. Sure enough, it's a disjointed, haphazard musical fantasy, though full of talented people behind the scenes, notably Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill. The songwriters bring a little pep to the story of a 4-F wannabe soldier who finds a magic lamp inhabited by an inept genie, who keeps putting him into the wrong century. The historic events visited feel terribly random -- the American Revolution, Columbus' voyage, Puritan New England -- and make one curious about what sequences were omitted. It's a cute idea -- the screenwriters, Morrie Ryskind and Sig Herzig, were Broadway veterans, and one suspects they originally conceived this as a stage musical -- but it's spun out with little real wit, and an aggressively uninteresting supporting cast fails to mine the minimal humor in the script. MacMurray, normally not a song-and-dance man, reveals a pleasant baritone but hasn't much to play, and he looks distinctly uncharmed by either of his leading ladies, though he did in fact marry June Haver. There's one celebrated sequence, a 10-minute mini-opera-bouffe called "The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria," where Bill (MacMurray) convinces Columbus' crew not to mutiny, since America needs to be discovered. (A wonderful couplet describing America's bounty was disallowed by the censors: "The girls are delightful/ Their sweaters are quite full.") Suddenly the whimsy takes off, and the singing's splendid, and the film feels as bizarre and pixilated as "The Wizard of Oz." It doesn't last, though, and then it's back to 20th Century Fox's back lot and more halfhearted jests about history and patriotism.

            A try at something different, certainly, in an age where Hollywood musicals were mainly backstagers, and it has its moments. But mostly it's a missed opportunity. If the missing footage ever turns up, it might be worth looking at.

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            • Trivia
              George Seaton did some uncredited directing of retakes and additional scenes while director Gregory Ratoff was unavailable. As an actor, Ratoff was best known for his role as producer "Max Fabian" in All About Eve (1950).
            • Goofs
              Cast list misspells Fortunio Bonanova's surname as "Bononova."
            • Connections
              Featured in Fred MacMurray: The Guy Next Door (1996)
            • Soundtracks
              The Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria
              (uncredited)

              Music by Kurt Weill

              Lyrics by Ira Gershwin

              Performed by Carlos Ramírez and chorus

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            • Release date
              • May 23, 1945 (United States)
            • Country of origin
              • United States
            • Language
              • English
            • Also known as
              • Luft i luckan
            • Filming locations
              • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
            • Production company
              • Twentieth Century Fox
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            • Runtime
              1 hour 14 minutes
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.37 : 1

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