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For Me and My Gal (1942)
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Release Date:
19 August 1943 (Australia)
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The Greatest Romantic Musical . . . Ever ! more
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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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Military
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Nominated for Oscar.
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What a Tearjerker!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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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104 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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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.
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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.
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Featured in The American Film Institute Salute to Gene Kelly (1985) (TV)
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They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me
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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.