On The Town [1949]

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Primary Contributor : Gene Kelly
Primary Contributor : Frank Sinatra

Product Details

Director : Gene Kelly
Actor : Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Mustin, Vera-Ellen, Betty Garrett
Format : Digital Sound, HiFi Sound, PAL
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 5014785005728
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 2000-03-27
Running Time : 94minutes
Studio : Warner Home Video

ASIN : B00004CJOB

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

New York, New York--it's a helluva town; the Bronx is up and the Battery's down; the people ride in a hole in the ground ... Well, you get the idea. Those lyrics (by Betty Comden and Adolph Green), set to Leonard Bernstein's music, have made On the Town a permanent part of the psychological landscape of New York City. The story (inspired by Jerome Robbins's ballet Fancy Free) is pretty slight: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin play sailors with 24 hours' leave to take their bite out of the Big Apple. When they meet, and then lose, this month's Miss Turnstiles (Vera-Ellen), they scour the town in search of her, bumping into a lady anthropologist (Ann Miller) along the way. Shot mostly in the studio but with location exteriors all over town, from Coney Island to the Statue of Liberty to Central Park, this 1949 gem was the first of three great musicals codirected by Kelly and Stanley Donen, followed by Singin' in the Rain (1952) and the underrated It's Always Fair Weather (1955). --Jim Emerson

Synopsis

The musical story of three sailors enjoying a one-day holiday in New York. Entertaining song, dance and comedy from some of Hollywood's brighest stars. Music by Leonard Bernstein.

Customer Reviews

It's a helluva town (2005-08-25)

This is one of my favourite movies. Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, where can you go wrong? Frank is adorable in this movie and Gene is, how shall I say, hot! It has excellent songs in it, my fav being 'Modern man'. It's no Singing in the rain, but definatley worth an oggle.

FRANKIE (2004-08-25)

I love this movie! frank and Gene are a great combo! Great songs, great stars and great story!! Buy it! I also recommend Take Me Out To The Ball Game.

They don't make them like this any more! (2001-03-11)

Forget 'Singing in the Rain' for one moment and see Kelly and Sinatra at their freshest. Location filming for a musical for the first time blends fiction with reality and songs that will make you wonder why they don't make films like this any more. A Perfect cast in a perfect musical. Don't miss it!

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