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For Me and My Gal (1942) -- Set during WW I, Palmer and Hayden team up as vaudeville artists. Harry Palmer deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted to the army...
For Me and My Gal (1942) -- Set during WW I, Palmer and Hayden team up as vaudeville artists. Harry Palmer deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted to the army...

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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Howard Emmett Rogers (story)
Richard Sherman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
19 August 1943 (Australia) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The Greatest Romantic Musical . . . Ever ! more
Plot:
Set during WW I, Palmer and Hayden team up as vaudeville artists. Harry Palmer deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted to the army... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
What a Tearjerker! more (27 total)

Cast

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Judy Garland ... Jo Hayden
George Murphy ... Jimmy K. Metcalf

Gene Kelly ... Harry Palmer
Mártha Eggerth ... Eve Minard (as Marta Eggerth)
Ben Blue ... Sid Simms
Stephen McNally ... Mr. Waring (New York Palace manager) (as Horace McNally)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
For Me and My Girl (UK)
The Big Time (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
104 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8464) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Trivia:
The first of three movie musicals in which Judy Garland and Gene Kelly starred in together, though they did appear separately in other movies and features. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: A Southern Pacific "cab-forward" locomotive is seen pulling the train at the start of the movie. It is shown stopping in Iowa to let the main characters disembark. The SP does not, and never has, run into Iowa. more
Quotes:
Jo Hayden: Who's the want ad with the squirrel around his neck? more
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Soundtrack:
They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me more

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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
What a Tearjerker!, 13 March 1999
Author: Ash-65 from USA

If this movie was simply Gene Kelly and Judy Garland exchanging quips (the "Hello Springtime!" bit is especially good) and singing and dancing in a coffee shop, then it would still be entertaining. But that's really not all it is. This movie is more like a drama/romance than a musical, in the way that there are some songs, very good ones, but there is more story than numbers. Yes, the idea is an old one, but there are a few twists that distinguish it from any other wartime romance. (Don't go expecting The Maltese Falcon though.) The little plot weaknesses are forgotten as the actors (particularly Garland) hold it all together. I cried twice, and I almost never cry at movies. I fully recommend For Me and My Gal, unless you're dead-set on a tear-free day.

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