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2 unusual facts about The Gang's All Here


Hokey Wolf

Hokey's theme music for his segment of the show was composed by Hoyt Curtin and used an instrumental version of the refrain from Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here.

Let 'Em Eat Cake

Several musical themes from Of Thee I Sing are reused in Let 'Em Eat Cake, including the Supreme Court Judges' song and the campaign song "Wintergreen for President", which includes parts of folk and patriotic songs such as Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever", and "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here."


Carioca

Famous cariocas in English language film include Brazilian "bombshell" Carmen Miranda (a Portuguese woman who grew up in Rio de Janeiro) and her famous fruit hat appearing first in 1943 as part of the costume of a singer named Dorita in the film The Gang's All Here.

Men With Broken Hearts

Perhaps the oddest cover of the song was a disco version by The Gang, a rock duo made up of Richard H. Campbell and Wayne R. Smith, that was released on Trash Records as a single (T-0015) in 1976.

Sheila Ryan

She appeared in other memorable films, including two Laurel and Hardy movies, Great Guns (1941) and A-Haunting We Will Go (1942), and the Busby Berkeley musical The Gang's All Here (1943).


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Russel Crouse

By 1931, however, he had turned his attention to writing, penning the book for the musical The Gang's All Here, collaborating with Frank McCoy, Morrie Ryskind and Oscar Hammerstein II.