- Country: USA
- Genres: Documentary, Short
- Release: 1942-05-29
- Director: George B. Seitz
- Writers: Carey Wilson
- Language: English
- Stars: Ronald Reagan , Laraine Day , Charles Winninger , Fay Bainter , Chill Wills , Carey Wilson
- Runtime: 13 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
- AKA: Mister Gardenia Jones (United States of America) , Mr. Gardenia Jones (United States of America) , Mister Gardenia Jones
- Plot: In a typical American household on a quiet Sunday morning, we meet John and Emmy Jones. Their son John Junior, whom they call Deany and whose friends call Gardenia, is an army lieutenant. He's engaged to their neighbor Joann. We find out how he got his nicknames and that he's stationed in Hawaii at Hickam Field. It's December 7, 1941. How did he get there? We see him enlist months before December 7, then he's stationed in a little town with nothing to do. Emmy worries that her son's boredom will bring bitterness about his service, so she and others form the USO. Back in Hawaii, Jones pilots a plane, engaging Japan's air force.
- IMDB:tt0035091
Mister Gardenia Jones Cast · · · ALL
George B. Seitz
Director
Charles Winninger
John Jones
Fay Bainter
Emmy Jones
Laraine Day
Joanne
Ronald Reagan
Gardenia Jones
Chill Wills
Hotel Employee
Carey Wilson
Narrator