# god bless america **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 22, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790 "2001-11-22T18:45:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![whatever1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@whatever1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatever1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/1 "2001-11-22T18:45:30Z")
what movie did “God Bless America” debute. And who is the singer? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/2 "2001-11-22T19:16:30Z")
[http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm019.html](http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm019.html) BTW Not getting on your case but how about trying something like. Hi, I was wondering would anybody know what movie did “God Bless America” debute. And who is the singer? Cheers 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/3 "2001-11-23T02:29:40Z")
If you’re still interested in the first movie, it was probably “America Sings with Kate Smith” (a short subject the IMDB description doesn’t mention specific songs, but she did sing patriotic songs). If you mean feature films, it would be “This is the Army.” Again, Kate Smith sung. ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/4 "2001-11-23T02:50:57Z")
yojimbo Personally I shudder when I read a message starting with “Hi” I just keep thinking Oh No virus. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/5 "2001-11-23T03:10:30Z")
[http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036430](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0036430) - **This Is the Army** (Made in 1943, set in WWI. Nostalga for a simpler mass slaughter? Hey, it stars Ronnie Regan! :D) [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0244396](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0244396) - **America Sings with Kate Smith** (Plot outline: Kate Smith sings four United States patriotic songs and invites the audience to sing with her. Pretty good for 1942 propaganda.) ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/6 "2001-11-23T05:33:36Z")
It isn’t over until Kate Smith sings. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/7 "2001-11-23T06:43:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > \*\*It isn’t over until Kate Smith sings. 😃 \*\* It **ain’t** over until Kate Smith sings. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/8 "2001-11-23T06:53:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PhiloVance \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by kniz \* > > \*\*It isn’t over until Kate Smith sings. 😃 \*\* > > It **ain’t** over until Kate Smith sings. \*\* Say it ain’t so, Philo! Interesting correction, especially to someone who was taught “Ain’t ain’t a word!”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/9 "2001-11-23T10:35:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by justwannano \* > \*\*yojimbo > > Personally I shudder when I read a message starting with “Hi” > I just keep thinking Oh No virus. \*\* Yeah I hate e-mails with “Hi all” as a opening. I was just trying to say that it’s not a quiz. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america/94790/10 "2001-11-24T15:56:50Z")
Irving Berlin wrote “God Bless America” in 1918 for his Broadway musical [“Yip Yip Yaphank”](http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm019.html). It has been extensively reused since.