Anchors Aweigh (1945)

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7	IMDB rating

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William Hanna

Joseph Barbera

Starring (View all)

Frank Sinatra
Clarence Doolittle

Kathryn Grayson
Susan Abbott

Gene Kelly
Joseph Brady

José Iturbi
José Iturbi

Dean Stockwell
Donald Martin

Pamela Britton
Girl from Brooklyn

Rags Ragland
Police Sergeant

Billy Gilbert
Cafe Manager

Written by

Isobel Lennart
(screen play)

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Join the Navy!

9 years ago at Apr 18 21:08

Michael M

Anchors Aweigh is the first film of the Frank Sinatra-Gene Kelly trilogy, tapping into the odd fascination the classic Hollywood musical had with sailors. It wouldn’t be the last time Kelly or Sinatra would play a sailor and what an underrated comedic duo they are. Gene Kelly is so loveably egocentric, constantly lying about his exploits with dames and rubbing the fact that he got ship leave in ... read more

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Description: In this Gene Kelly classic dance-musical comedy, Kelly and Sinatra plays Joe and Clarence (respectively), two navy sailors who have a few days leave in Hollywood. All Joe wants to do is to have a good time and meet up with his girl, the unseen Lola. Clarence on the other hand just wants to get a girl. They soon meet a little boy who ran away from home and wants to join the navy. They take him home and soon meets his young beautiful singer-wannabe aunt Susan (Kathryn Grayson). Clarence develops a crush on her, so he asks Joe to help him get Susan to like him. Soon Joe gets himself caught in between a promise to Susan to meet a bi ... (more)

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Tags: Musical (4), 1945 (4), Comedy (2), Dance (2), Romance (2), Sailor (2), 1940s (2), Navy (2), MGM Studios (1), Kathryn Grayson (1), USN (1), Mgm (1), 40's (1), US Navy (1), Song (1), HQ (1), Gene Kelly (1), Frank Sinatra (1), Violin (1), Music Video (1)

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"Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) and Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) are two seamen who take a shore leave in Hollywood after being awarded Silver Stars. There, they meet an aspired soprano singer Susan Abbott (Kathryn Grayson), her nephew Donald (Dean Stockwell), a Mexican restaurant waitress from Brooklyn (Pamela Britton) and José Iturbi, the Spanish conductor auditioning Susan. This is the premise for one of the most forgettable jukebox musicals in the last 70 years, "Anchors Aweigh." Unless you to"

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