I'll Get By is a 1950 American comedy musical film directed by Richard Sale, and starring June Haver, Gloria DeHaven and William Lundigan.
He slams a door into her accidentally while rushing to bring a new recording to Peter Pepper, an influential New York disc jockey.
He hires a secretary, Miss Murphy, and gains a partner in Freddy Lee, a young man from Texas, with whom he peddles a song that piano player Chester Dooley has written.
They hear the singer Terry Martin is performing with trumpeter Harry James at a club, so they go there to pitch the song to her.
The boys are drafted into the Marines, and when they report to a San Diego base, they run into Miss Murphy, who is now stationed there as an officer.