Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
1941 | 7m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Walter Lantz |
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| Writer: | Ben Hardaway, Lowell Elliot |
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| Hot Breath Harry is a hot trumpeter at a jazz club. He finds himself drafted into the Army, where he's assigned to be the bugler of an African-American company. But everyone hates the bugler, because he blows reveille at the ungodly hour of 5 AM sharp. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 31, 1941 |
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| Director: | Walter Lantz |
| Writer: | Ben Hardaway, Lowell Elliot |
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| Production Companies | Walter Lantz Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 21, 2026 Entered: May 16, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Willie Best | Hot-Breath Harry (voice) (uncredited) |
| Danny Webb | Drill Sergeant (voice) (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Walter Lantz | Director |
| Ben Hardaway | Writer |
| Lowell Elliot | Writer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trending Position
The tall and gangly "Hot Breath Harry" wows the jazz clubs until he is drafted into the army. They can't tell the difference between a trumpet and a bugle, so he is charged with blowing the reveillé at 0500hrs. That doesn't exactly make him popular - and after an altercation with an hatchet he recko ... ns that he might have more success jazzing up this early morning wake up call so he uses a trumpet! Success all round as the story now morphs into a mildly amusing skit on all things military whilst accompanied by the eponymous Prince/Ray musical number. This was made just as President Roosevelt started his recruitment drive in earnest, so has a very specific purpose I think. It demonstrates that the army is a fun, inclusive and welcoming place. Tosh? Well maybe with modern day eyes, but in 1941 this had a job to do, and it just about does what it says on the tin in a lively fashion.