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I decided to check out some old Sinatra musicals and "Anchors Aweigh" was the first one I came across. My initial reaction to the movie was that it was way too long. I thought it was a nice, wholesome story with Sinatra in the rather incredible role of a sailor wanting tips on how to meet a girl. The expert is his pal played by Gene Kelly. Their big night out is spoiled by having to baby-sit a young wannabe sailor. Turns out the aunt plays a big part in the movie. Along the way there's time for a number of songs but, other than "If you knew Suzie", I don't recall any of the lyrical songs. There were several good instrumentals largely involving someone by the name of Jose Iturbi. I never heard of him before but his prominance in the movie led me to understand that he was a big hit back around that time. The movie ends with (supposedly) the right guy getting the right gal and a rousing feel-good rendition of the title song.
I have to say that Kelly put in the better preformance of the two stars. The key reason was Kelly's dancing. It sure seemed to me that the best scenes in "Anchors Aweigh" involved Kelly dancing with someone or something. His routine with Jerry (of "Tom and Jerry" cartoon fame) is certainly the highlight of the movie in my opinion. It's probably the one scene that people who've never seen the movie might be familiar with. I know I have seen it before on Hollywood highlight documentaries. There was only one scene in which Sinatra and Kelly danced together. It was well done but I have a feeling that Ol' Blue Eyes knew he was outmatched and let Kelly do his other dances with other partners. Young Dean Stockwell was good in his debut but I had no idea that was him until I saw his name on the closing credits.
I gave this movie 3 stars but I would have given it 4 stars if it were at least 20 minutes shorter. Much of the time was spent on musical numbers but it seemed that the plot took detours to facilitate the music.
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One of the first of the best musicals, Anchors Aweigh features several memorable musical sequences, such as Kelly dancing with Jerry the mouse, Kelly dancing with 7-year-old Sharon McManus, Sinatra singing with Jose Iturbi playing piano, Kathryn Grayson singing with Iturbi conducting, and much more. The technicolor is perfect, with some innovative camera work such as seeing a piano played from beneath, through transparent keys, and Grayson singing, seen through the finder of another camera. The plot is thin, but you get involved from Kelly's & Sinatra's enthusiasm. Sailor's on leave, they have to take home a runaway boy (Dean Stockwell) and Sinatra falls for his aunt. To set him up with the aunt (Grayson), Kelly suggests that Sinatra can get her an audition with Jose Iturbi. But Sinatra's young and naive in this one, and, in his own sung words, falls in love too fast. While they're trying to contact Iturbi, who's never available, he starts to fall for another girl (Barbara Britton); but Kelly's now falling in love with Grayson. Anchors Aweigh is most often remembered for the combination live-action / cartoon sequence with Tom and Jerry, but there's a lot more here that's worth a look. I'm giving it five stars because, while it's not quite as good as the best musicals - Singin' In The Rain, The Music Man, Oklahoma - it is one of the first of their class of technicolor big productions (perhaps Meet Me In St. Louis was the first), and better than most others.
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I haven't seen this movie yet,but I've seen the exerpt from it on Tom And Jerry's Greatest Chases. In the exerpt,Jerry Mouse speaks,which he never usually does. The only phrase he said in the show,"Tom And Jerry",was the phrase,"Uh....What's Cokkin' toots(which was heard in "The Zoot Cat",from 1943). I also seen the exerpt on Disc 1 of Tom And Jerry:Spotlight Collection:Vol.1 and the exerpt from Dangerous When Wet was put on Disc 2. Because of that,I want you to buy this DVD before buying Dangerous When Wet. So Enjoy Buying.
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So what if it's a little long? If you love Gene Kelly as much as I do, the time passes too quickly. Gene and Frank work well together and they make an adorable pair of saliors trying to get the girls. So cute in their younger years... excuse me while I swoon.
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This is one of my favorite MGM musicals! I wouldn't give it 5 stars because that's reserved for the top-notch (such as On the Town)... however, Anchors Aweigh features Kelly and Sinatra in what you might call rehearsal for it.
Kathryn Grayson is also charming here. The music is good (perhaps not so integrated with the plot), the story is very funny and captivating... and Kelly and Sinatra are a joy (aren't they always?)
Really, how COULD you go wrong? Nobody diss this movie. It's damned enjoyable.
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