For Me and My Gal (1942)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Busby Berkeley

Writers:

Howard Emmett Rogers (story)
Richard Sherman (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

19 August 1943 (Australia)

Genre:

Musical | Romance

Tagline:

The Greatest Romantic Musical . . . Ever !

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...

Plot Keywords:

Vaudeville | Hand | Song | Military Draft | New York City New York

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

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)

Also Known As:

For Me and My Girl (UK)
The Big Time (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

UK:U | Finland:S | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #8464) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Loew's

Trivia:

This is the first of two movies in which a character says to Judy Garland, "Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?" The second is Easter Parade (1948), starring Fred Astaire.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Depicts a Southern Pacific Railway "cab-forward" steam locomotive hauling a passenger train. That model locomotive was used in freight service only.

Quotes:

Bill: [when Harry Palmer first appears] Say, *he* looks like an actor.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Munsters: Dance with Me, Herman (#1.22)" (1965)

Soundtrack:

They Go Wild Simply Wild Over Me

One of Judy's best!

Judy was only 19-20 years old when she made this film but she was absolutely brilliant in it. Her performance is just wonderful and the songs are among the greatest of her career including AFTER YOU'VE GONE and BALLIN' THE JACK (great legs). Gene Kelly (his film debut) and George Murphy are also very good but it's Judy who's steals the show here. Opera singer Marta Eggerth is also on hand. I could live without her in the film although she fits the part very well (she was more fun in PRESENTING LILY MARS; another Judy film and other only other film Ms. Eggerth ever made).

If you've not seen this film please rent it and get ready for some fine acting, dancing and, most of all, great singing from the one and only Judy seen here in her MGM prime!