| Director | Roy Del Ruth |
|---|---|
| Box office | $1.9 million |
United States Air Force flyers Rick Williams and Mike Nolan attempt to meet Nell Wayne, a film star performing in a star-studded musical in San Francisco. Rick and Nell both hail from Youngstown, Ohio, but they have never met. Mike attempts to convince the staff and cast members at the theater that Rick and Nell are close best friends. Ruth Roman takes them to meet Nell, but the men first meet with Doris Day and Gordon MacRae.
When they find that Nell is not there, Mike claims that they are leaving for to the Korean front that night. Ruth and Doris feel guilty and they invite the boys to lunch. Nell arrives, but not knowing Mike, she attempts to cut the visit short.
Waiting for Nell caused the boys to miss their bus, so Doris, Ruth and Nell drive them back to Travis Air Force Base. However, the boys are not headed for Korea; they instead operate routine transport flights to Honolulu. At the transport terminal, many soldiers are waiting for their flights. Doris takes the stage to dance to and sing "'S Wonderful", while Nell and Ruth head to the runway to kiss Rick goodbye. Nell gives Rick a good-luck charm from her bracelet. As they watch the aircraft depart, their driver, a colonel, suggests that they greet wounded soldiers at the hospital, where Doris sings a medley of "You Oughta Be in Pictures" and "You Do Something to Me".
The ladies return to San Francisco to perform. When an aircraft with wounded soldiers arrives from Honolulu, with Rick and Mike aboard but uninjured, Nell is furious that Rick had lied about their assignment. However, she keeps a positive face for gossip columnist Louella Parsons, and the "Operation Starlift" celebrities perform at the base. The next morning, they sing "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)" and dance while the aircraft leave.
and Gordon MacRae]]The cast perform "God's Green Acres of Home" and "It's Magic" for the men at the base. The next day, the Warner Bros. president arranges for several actors to perform at the base that night. While visiting her parents, Nell finds that Rick and his parents are at her home. After dinner, the Waynes take the Williamses to a movie, leaving Nell and Rick in the house alone together. They quarrel and Rick returns the charm. The next morning, when the Williamses arrive, Nell finds that Rick has been sent overseas ahead of schedule. She rushes to the base, but his flight had already left.
The Starlift, the aircraft containing the film stars, arrives with Virginia Mayo and Phil Harris, who intentionally loses $750 to a soldier while playing gin rummy before performing "Look Out, Stranger, I'm a Texas Ranger". Rick's aircraft arrives, but he runs from the hangar where Nell is waiting. While writing a letter to him, Nell sees Rick and pursues him into a cafeteria, where she poses as a waitress and prepares a chocolate malt just as she had done in Youngstown, where her family owned a malt shop. They drink the malt together and forgive each other. The next day, when Rick finally departs, Nell is there to kiss him goodbye.