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When two sailors, Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) and Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra), get 4 days of leave, Joe decides to woo his girl Lola while Clarence decides to tag along to learn some tips. Instead they are waylaid by a young boy named Donald Martin (Dean Stockwell) who tries to leave home to join the Navy. So Joe and Clarence take him home to meet Donald's gorgeous aunt, Susan Abbott (Kathryn Grayson). But as the two sailors become closer to Susan and Donald, they try to help Susan get a meeting with Jose Iturbi (Himself!). Instead they get trouble as they lie to Susan so Clarence can go out with her. But can Joe keep out his own feelings for Susan from surfacing as he finds himself falling in love with her?
"Anchors Aweigh" is the classic MGM musical starring the two greats together, Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Gene Kelly will dance his way into your heart as Frank Sinatra sings into your heart with great dance and song numbers. Kathryn Grayson will also charm you with her amazing soprano voice. And of course Jose Iturbi will astonish you with his piano skills.
Some of my favorite musical numbers are: 1) Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra performing to their fellow mates on board. Very funny! 2) Kelly dancing with Jerry the Mouse. Pretty good mixing real-life and animation. 3) Kelly as the dashing matador. His tap dancing masterpiece for "Anchors Aweigh". 4) Kelly and Sinatra singing "If You Knew Suzie". You'll laugh, laugh, laugh! 5) Kathryn Grayson's audition song. Her voice is amazing! 6) Jose Iturbi playing the piano with all the other pianists of all ages.
The reason for my 4 stars is because though "Anchors Aweigh" is fun and a great musical, in my opinion it's not my absolute favorite since I have many other favorites. If you liked the Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra team-up, I recommend "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "On the Town". Other terrific musicals are "Cover Girl", "Silk Stockings", "Singin' in the Rain", "Guys and Dolls", "Holiday Inn", and "White Christmas".
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THIS MOVIE HAS GENE KELLY, FRANK SINATRA AND KATHRYN GRAYSON (BEAUTIFUL LIPS SHE HAS, LIKE LITTLE BOWS)! THIS HAS WONDERFUL SONGS AND DANCING BY KELLY, (SINATRA) ALSO DANCED, NOT BAD FOR THE CROONER! THE STORY IS ABOUT WINNING THE LOVE OF KATHRYN AS BOTH SAILORS ARE IN LOVE WITH HER! I WON'T GIVE THE ENDING AWAY BUT YOU WILL LOVE THIS GAY AND COLOFUL MOVIE. GOOD JOB BY A VERY YOUNG DEAN STOCKWELL AS KATHRYNS BROTHER. I GAVE IT 5 STARS! LOVE KELLY DANCING WITH ANIMATRD JERRY MOUSE. IT IS SO CUTE!
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Two heart-throb's in one setting? You'd think it were impossible. But it happened. Gene, the ladies man who thinks he knows exactly what women want, and how to go about getting them. Frankie, the little nerdy guy who has trouble with the ladies, wanting tips from Gene and always screwing up his plans. It was FUNNY. Especially when Gene over slept when he was supposed to meet Lola and Frankie didn't wake him up and Gene chased him around the room ready to bust his head in. Them singing together reminds you of how great they really are. You just wish singers today had voices like that. And the dancing is fun too. There's absolutely no beating Gene in that category. Of course if you haven't seen it, you've had to of heard of the scene with him dancing with Jerry Mouse. Kathryn Grayson did a good job, but her singing voice, personally, (NOTICE: This Is My OPINION!!) made me wish I didn't have ears. Now some people might like her voice, don't just base it off what I say, but yeah, each time she sang I would hope it was a short song so I wouldn't have to listen to it for long. It's not like Debbie Reynolds, her voice was beautiful and strong. Kathryn was on the verge of a Snow White voice. It just wasn't high enough. I sometimes couldn't understand what she was saying. But all that was made up for by Gene and Frankie. ::sigh:: Makes me wish I lived back then so I coulda seen it when it first came out. Oh well, it's a great movie, everyone should watch it.
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The story itself is nothing but a mere little piece of froth, but I loved it anyway. It was really a lot of fun to watch, but you may wish to take that with a grain of salt: I say that about anything with Gene Kelly in it. In this film he plays a bit of a bad boy - a cocky "seawolf" who is stuck with the shy Frank Sinatra on a three day navy pass in L.A. The two of them really did have a good comic chemistry together. This film has all of the fun cheerfulness inherent in Kelly musicals, and as I recall is the first one in which he was allowed free rein to choreograph as he chose. As a result, we're blessed with the famous Jerry Mouse dance and the wonderfully charming Mexican Hat dance where Kelly does his usual wonderful thing by seamlessly integrating the scenery and the objects at hand into his dancing. I am less fond of the fantasy Zorro sequence, but Kelly's dancing is superb anyway. He is always a joy to watch, even when he's not dancing. In fact, his acting in this film was noteworthy enough to earn an Oscar nod; I've not yet seen Ray Milland's performance in The Lost Weekend but I rather wish Kelly had gotten the Oscar for this performance.
Watch him (ooh, ladies, you won't be able to keep from rewinding or pressing the back button on your DVD player) when he's on the phone with Lola. Watch him and Frank with the impossibly cute Dean Stockwell. (Frank does sing some awfully pretty songs and does some neat acting, by the way - I shouldn't give Gene all the credit.) Watch Gene during the "If You Knew Susie" scene; he had me laughing out loud with the calm, cool way he fakes Susie's nerdy date out. Watch how he acts like he's been in the house a thousand times; he knows right where to go for the cigarettes and chocolates and he stretches out on her sofa as though it were his own. The shocked expressions on Bertram's face are priceless, as is the song that brings them on: it might seem hokey but I like rhymes such as "conclusion" and "Susian" or "conclusie" and "Susie."
When you're not watching Gene or Frank you're sort of stuck with Kathryn Grayson. She was sweet at first, but after a while the sweetness got a little cloying. (And nobody should ever wear a dress like that sunflower monstrosity she was wearing - I don't care how great of a figure she had, it was awful.) And call me an uncultured clod if you must, but I just don't like her style of singing.
The DVD itself looks great; it's crisp and clean and the colors are brilliant. There are a few moments where the image doubles or shadows suddenly, but these are short-lived and far and few between. There are special features including a brief discussion of the famous Jerry Mouse dance from Hanna & Barbera as well as a few trailers. It could have done with a few more chapters; one of the best things about the Singin' in the Rain DVD is that they were very liberal with them, which allows for easy maneuvering when you want to jump from one spot to the next. They were less liberal here but at least all of the chapters start at logical places. This one is going on my wish list.
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Sinatra, Grayson, and Kelly all show off their amazing talents in this movie. Many scenes are enjoyable for children, such as Kelly doing the waltz with a little girl and also dancing with Jerry mouse! Kelly taught Sinatra to dance for this movie. In fact, Sinatra is amazingly good. Grayson's voice is beautiful, and Jose Iturbi spices up the movie with his piano skills. Definitely something you'll want to see.....
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