About In the Navy
In the Navy is a comedy, music, war film released in 1941 exploring themes of nightclub, u.s. navy, black and white, sailor, gambler. Directed by Arthur Lubin, it stars Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Dick Powell. Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.