Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
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| 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 (as Horace McNally) | |
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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. Later, he makes up for this. WW I patriotism for a WW II audience, very sentimental, great musical episodes and songs. Written by Gerhard Gonter <g.gonter@ieee.org>
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reference to franklin d. roosevelt | vaudeville | hand | song | music conductor |Taglines:
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Country:
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2 August 1943 (Argentina) See more »Also Known As:
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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(ca 1755) (uncredited)
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When Eve is in her apartment, she ushers Jo out the back and dashes to answer the door, she puts her lit cigarette in an ash tray and it immediately rolls to the floor in full view. See more »Crazy Credits
A picture of an infantry soldier in New York harbor and the text "America needs your money. Buy war bonds and stamps at this theatre." See more »Soundtracks
Yankee Doodle(ca 1755) (uncredited)
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[In the score for rolling army trucks]
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The classic plot of girl refuses guy only to fall in love with him later is at work again. When the girl happens to be Judy Garland, one of the top box office draws and the MGM triple threat of extraordinarily talented singer, actress and dancer, it kind of changes the whole perspective. In the MGM heavens there are no leading men who can match her on screen stature.
To solve that problem, she gets two leading men. Before World War 1, the vaudeville girl has to choose between two partners. George Murphy and Gene Kelly. Fresh from Broadway success with "Pal Joey", Mr Kelly makes his movie debut in "For Me and My Gal" and it is nothing short of memorable. It was time the world saw that Hollywood dancers wore something other than white tails and top hat, like Mr Astaire.
The screenplay is slight. It hardly matters, because World War 1 is enough of a threat to forward the story anyway. All elements of drama and tear jerking romance are there. For a routine musical at MGM, we expect our happy 40s story, all complete with happy ending, plus the usual congenial mix of complications along the way. And with direction from Busby Berkley, great 1915s songs and two of the greatest musical stars in the mix, we certainly get our happy ending.
Today it stands out because of its musical quality and excellent conception of production. They certainly don't make 'em like this anymore.
Rating: 8/10