Hit the Deck was a musical theater production first staged at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on April 25, 1927.[1]
It featured music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Clifford Grey and Leo Robin and book by Herbert Fields.[2]
It was based on the play Shore Leave by Hubert Osborne. Overall, it ran for 352 performances.[3]
The title refers to a nautical slang term that means to prepare for action (general) or to drop to a prone position on the ground (as a defensive response to hostile fire).
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The production opened at the Hippodrome on July 3, 1927, and ran for 277 performances. It starred Stanley Holloway.[4]
Two films based on the musical were made. The first was in 1930 and starred Jack Oakie.[5] It was remade in 1955 with a slightly different screenplay and differently named characters. It starred Jane Powell and Tony Martin.[6]
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