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: 29019 Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: 1945
Customer Reviews
For one great moment, worth the price of admission
Rather generic Sinatra and generic Kelly, both of whom must have made pretty much the same musical a dozen times for MGM. Not all that great a movie, really, but better than most Hollywood musicals, and it has does have its moments. The classical numbers ... Read More...
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