On the Town

On the Town


MGM, 1949, Color, 98 minutes, ***½

Released December, 1949
Three sailors on shore leave meet three wonderful girls and have the time of their life. Popular hit stage musical before it came to the screen. Starring Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Ann Miller and Betty Garrett. Garrett chases Frank, Gene chases Vera-Ellen and Munshin and Miller team up. Very entertaining film, partly filmed on location. Great performances by all!



Ρroduced by: Arthur Freed

Associate Producer: Roger Edens

Directed by: Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen

Screen Play by: Adolph Green and Betty Comden

Based Upon the Musical Play Whose Book Was by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, from an idea by Jerome Robbins with Music by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Adolph Green, Betty Comden and Leonard Bernstein; Directed on the Stage by George Abbott and Produced by Oliver Smith and Paul Feigay

Music: "New York, New York", "Miss Turnstiles" Dance, "Come Up to My Place", "A Day in New York" Ballet Composed by Leonard Bernstein

Musical Director: Lennie Hayton

Orchestrations: Conrad Salinger

Vocal Arrangements: Saul Chaplin

Additional Songs: Music by Roger Edens, Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden

Choreography: Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen

Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Jack Martin Smith

Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis

Associate: Jack D. Moore

Costumes by: Helen Rose

Hair Styles Designed by: Sydney Guilaroff

Make-Up Created by: Jack Dawn

Recording Supervisor: Douglas Shearer

Director of Photography: Harold Rosson

Special Effects: Warren Newcombe

Color by Technicolor

Technicolor Color Consultants: Henri Jaffa, James Gooch

Film Editor: Ralph E. Winters



Awards: Academy Award for Best Score (Musical)



Cast: Gene Kelly [Gabey], Frank Sinatra [Chip], Betty Garrett [Brunhilde Esterhazy], Ann Miller [Claire Huddesen], Jules Munshin [Ozzie], Vera-Ellen [Ivy Smith], Florence Bates [Mme. Dilyovska], Alice Pearce [Lucy Shmeeler], George Meader [Professor], Additional Cast: Bern Hoffman [Worker], Lester Dorr [Subway Passenger], Bea Benaderet [Working Girl], Walter Baldwin [Sign Poster], Don Brodie [Photo Layout Man], Sid Melton [Spud], Robert B. Williams [Officer], Tom Dugan [Officer Tracy], Murray Alper [Cab Company Owner], Hans Conried [Francois], Claire Carleton [Redhead], Dick Wessel [Sailor Simpkins], William "Bill" Phillips [Sailor], Frank Hagney [Cop], Carol Haney [Dancer in Green], Eugene Borden [Waiter], Judy Holliday [Voice of a Sailor's Date]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "On the Town" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:02] I Feel Like I'm Not out of Bed Yet (sung by Bern Hoffman); [0:03] New York, New York (sung by Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin); [0:10] "Miss Turnstiles" Dance (instrumental played by Orchestra, narrated by Gene Kelly, danced by Vera-Ellen and Chorus); [0:21] Prehistoric Man (sung by Ann Miller; danced by Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Betty Garrett); [0:29] Come up to My Place (sung by Betty Garrett and Frank Sinatra); [0:40] Main Street (sung by Gene Kelly, danced by Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen); [0:47] You're Awful (sung by Frank Sinatra and Betty Garrett); [0:55] On the Town (sung and danced by Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett and Vera-Ellen); [1:12] Count on Me (sung and danced by Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly and Alice Pearce); [1:17] "A Day in New York" Ballet (danced by Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Carol Haney [in green] and unidentified female dancer [in yellow]); [1:30] That's All There Is Folks (sung and danced by Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin and Frank Sinatra - all in drag); [1:35] I Feel Like I'm Not out of Bed Yet (sung by Bern Hoffman); [1:35] New York, New York (sung by Mens Chorus)