Amazon.com essential videoGene Kelly and Frank Sinatra teamed up for their first of three musical comedies in this frothy confection of sailors on leave in Hollywood, with gawky, shy young Sinatra tagging along with his worldly buddy Kelly, who promises to show him the ropes. Overlong at more than two hours, this meandering production is light on story, and more than a little sentimental, but full of first-rate entertainment. Sinatra croons 'I Fall in Love Too Easily' and 'What Makes the Sunset,' chirpy costar Kathryn Grayson sings 'All of a Sudden My Heart Sings,' classical pianist José Iturbi provides a little highbrow interlude, and Gene Kelly dances with cartoon mouse Jerry (of Tom and Jerry fame) when not chasing dames. Somewhere in the midst of this, little Dean Stockwell makes his film debut as a runaway orphan who melts the heart of self-centered Kelly. This big-budget Technicolor extravaganza, directed by MGM stalwart and musical specialist George Sidney (Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate), was one of the studio's biggest hits in 1945. --Sean Axmaker Related Items:
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780790744438 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0790744430 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Academy Ratio Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 02, 2000 Running Time: 140 minutes Sales Rank: 32375 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1945
Customer Reviews
Enjoyable Kelly/Sinatra musical and the last full film directed by Busby Berkeley
The film opens on the deck of a destroyer where Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) and Joseph Brady (Gene Kelly) receive commendations for staying at their posts during a brutal battle. Many of the men on the ship get leave while off the shore of Los ... Read More...
Animation DVD
Columbia Pictures
