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Release Date:
30 December 1949 (USA)
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Tagline:
Come On, Everybody, Let's Go On the Town! more
Plot:
Three sailors on a day of shore leave in New York City look for fun and romance before their twenty-four hours are up. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 1 win
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2 nominations
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(9 articles)
Hudson Mainstage Theatre Extends Roger Bean's Life Could Be A Dream Thur 11/29
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 29 November 2009, 1:30 AM, PST)
Finborough Theatre Presents Little Fish October 27-November 21
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Finborough Theatre Presents Little Fish October 27-November 21
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Classic musical that set Kelly on the path of true stardom
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Gene Kelly | ... | Gabey |
 | Frank Sinatra | ... | Chip |
 | Betty Garrett | ... | Brunhilde Esterhazy |
 | Ann Miller | ... | Claire Huddesen |
| Jules Munshin | ... | Ozzie |
| Vera-Ellen | ... | Ivy Smith |
| Florence Bates | ... | Mme. Dilyovska |
| Alice Pearce | ... | Lucy Schmeeler |
| George Meader | ... | Professor |
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Runtime:
98 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #13929) |
Canada:PG (video rating) |
Argentina:Atp |
Chile:TE |
Finland:S |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U
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When the film premiered at the Radio City Music Hall there was then the largest line to get in, in that theater's history. After the film's initial success, Arthur Freed, the producer of this film, recalled that his unit was in the MGM commissary passing the Joe Pasternak unit (which made less expensive musicals), the Pasternak unit said, "There goes the royal family." Indeed, this picture was at the time the second largest-grossing in MGM history, next to Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
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Continuity: Early in the movie, Gene Kelly accidentally breaks the glass partition in the taxi between the sailors and the driver. He puts a crack in by hitting the glass in excitement. A few scenes later, the glass panel is restored.
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Quotes:
Brunhilde Esterhazy:
[as Lucy prepares to go out] Don't worry, Lucy, I'll do the same for you one of these days.
Lucy Schmeeler: When will you ever get the opportunity?
Chip: Goodbye, Miss Schmeeler.
Lucy Schmeeler: Goodbye, Mr. Chips!
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Lucy Schmeeler: When will you ever get the opportunity?
Chip: Goodbye, Miss Schmeeler.
Lucy Schmeeler: Goodbye, Mr. Chips!
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Referenced in "Six Feet Under: That's My Dog (#4.5)" (2004)
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Main Street
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Great score by Bernstein and awesome dancing (of course) by Kelly and company. Nice color and photography, engaging and amusing story lags only at the end. Sinatra is pleasingly pursued by Betty Garrett (much as in the previous "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"). Only 4 songs from the original musical by Bernstein, MGM pulls another "Roger Eden" (a man whose mission in life seemed to have been to ruin good stage musicals.... as witness his atrocity of "Funny Face").
Comden and Green's wonderful sparkling words are often missed, but this musical did fortunately bring their talents to the attention of MGM, Freed, Kelly and Donen. They scripted "Singing in the Rain" and I guess the rest is history, although Comden and Green should be better remembered for their outstanding broadway hits: "On the Town", "Wonderful Town", "Bells are Ringing" and so many more.