![]() Although plans for a Broadway run were made, they never materialized. The National Film Board of Canada produced a documentary Meet the Navy on Tour, and British National Films presented another feature film called Meet the Navy which was filmed in November 1945 in Britain and released in 1946. The production's final performance was on 12 September 1945 at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater in Germany. Adele Astaire "worshipped it" and thought the dancing was "simply divine." The show subsequently toured to the Théâtre Marigny in Paris, the Vauxhall, Brussels, and the Carré Theatre in Amsterdam's Carré. It then toured to 11 cities in England, and to cities in Wales and Ireland in 1944-1945 beginning in Glasgow on 23 October 1944 and ending at the Hippodrome, London on 7 April 1945. The production toured Canada in 1943-1944, entertaining approximately a half-million Canadians. The first performance open to the public was given on the following 4 September. Directed by Hollywood producer Louis Silver and Broadway choreographer Larry Ceballos, the production premiered in a private performance for servicemen on 2 September 1943 at Toronto's Victoria Theatre. Meet the Navy was a musical revue produced by the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. JSTOR ( May 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message). ![]() Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification. ![]()
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