Four Jills in a Jeep

Four Jills in a Jeep is a 1944 film starring Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair as themselves, reenacting their USO tour of Europe and North Africa during World War II.

After leaving England, the women spent approximately three weeks in North Africa, which marked the first USO tour of that area. Francis and Mayfair then returned to the United States. Landis flew back to England to join her husband. As depicted in the film, Landis met U.S. Army Air Force pilot Capt. Thomas C. Wallace in England in November 1942 and married him onJanuary 1943. The couple divorced in July 1945. Raye, who was the first honorary captain created in World War II, according to a LAEx article, continued touring with other USO groups. The experience marked the beginning of Rayes long association with the USO, and her many visits to the troops during the Korean and Vietnam wars, as well as her service as a nurse, earned Raye many awards, including a Purple Heart, the USOs Distinguished Service Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1994, Raye attempted to sue actress Bette Midler and the producers of the 1991 picture For the Boys, which told the story of a USO entertainer. Although Raye claimed that the 1991 picture was plagiarized from an autobiographical outline she had written, her case was dismissed.According to information in the Twentieth CenturyFox Records of the Legal Department, Landis and Edwin Seaver wrote a book about her travels while the film was in preproduction at the studio. Although UCLA ArtsSpecial Collections Library, Landis material was not used in the screenplay, the studio agreed to let her use the films title as her book title for the publicity value. Her book, which was published in 1944, first appeared as a serial in SEPDecember 1943 January 1944. The legal records indicate that, while the film was based on the experiences of all four performers, only Mayfair and Francis directly contributed to the screenplay. The legal records also indicate that Mayfairs agent, Lou Irwin, was the first person to suggest the idea of the film to the studio. Studio records reveal that Waldo Salt worked on an early draft of the fil

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