Rating: NR
Genre: Romance
Release Date: 05/13/2008
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 140 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

This mammoth musical is at base the story of two sailors on leave in Hollywood. Brash Joseph Brady (Gene Kelly) has promised his shy pal Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) that he will introduce Clarence to all the glamorous movie starlets whom he allegedly knows so well. Actually, the only actress whom Joseph meets is bit player Susan Abbott (Kathryn Grayson). He arranges for the golden-throated Susan to be auditioned by musician José Iturbi, but when she seems to want to return the favor romantically, Brady tries to foist the girl off on Clarence. But Clarence only has eyes for a fellow Brooklynite (Pamela Britton). Also involved in the plot machinations is runaway orphan Donald Martin (Dean Stockwell). Featuring Kelly dancing with such partners as a cartoon mouse (courtesy of MGM's house animators Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera), Anchors Aweigh was a huge hit in 1945, assuring audiences future Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra teamings.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Frank Sinatra - Clarence Doolittle
Kathryn Grayson - Susan Abbott
Gene Kelly - Joseph Brady
José Iturbi - Himself
Dean Stockwell - Donald Martin
Pamela Britton - Girl from Brooklyn
Rags Ragland - Police Sergeant
Billy Gilbert - Cafe Manager
Henry O'Neill - Adm. Hammond
Carlos Ramirez - Carlos
Edgar Kennedy - Police Captain
Grady Sutton - Bertram Kroehler
Leon Ames - Commander
Sharon McManus - Little Girl Beggar
James Flavin - Radio Cop
James Burke - Studio Cop
Henry Armetta - Hamburger Man
Chester Clute - Iturbi's Assistant

Production:
George Sidney - Director
Joe Pasternak - Producer
Sammy Cahn George Stoll Jule Styne - Composer
Adrienne Fazan - Editor
Isobel Lennart - Screen Writer
Richard A. Pefferle Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer
Cedric Gibbons - Art Director
Randall Duell - Art Director
Alex Romero - Assistant Choreographer
Gene Kelly - Choreography
Stanley Donen - Choreography
Charles P. Boyle - Cinematographer
Robert Planck - Cinematographer
Irene - Costume Designer
Kay Dean - Costume Designer
Jule Styne - Songwriter
Sammy Cahn - Songwriter
Natalie Marcin - Short Story Author

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    Gene Kelly / G / 1952
On the Town
    Gene Kelly / NR / 1949

1945 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie