When walt turned kelly down, the other mouse became the obvious choice. Marine band performer created published united states marine band, washington, dc, 1998. Tom and jerrys first feature film appearance was in the 1945 mgm musical anchors aweigh, in which jerry performs a dance number with gene kelly. The opening sequence of the film is clearly designed to make the nation feel good about its naval forces. Anchors aweigh full 1080p movie english subtitles 1945.
Ogg vorbis sound file, length 3 min 22 s, 98 kbps this is a file from the wikimedia commons. Now imagine reducing that story to two sailors and one girl, adding in a love triangle, jose iturbi, tom and jerry, and a twohour runtime. Grayson is the auntguardian of nine year old dean stockwell whod run away from home to join the navy. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. It really is too bad it took me this long to watch it. Anchors aweigh this 1945 musical came out right before the japanese signed the surrender and put an end to the second world war. Anchors away being sung by sailors at the wwii memorial. Featuring kelly dancing with such partners as a cartoon mouse courtesy of mgms house animators bill hanna and joseph barbera, anchors aweigh was a huge hit in 1945, assuring audiences future. It was 1945, we were in wwii, and this was a film that combined the feel good. It is an adaptation of the broadway stage musical of the same name produced in 1944 which itself is an adaptation of the jerome robbins ballet entitled fancy free which was also produced in 1944, although many changes in script and score were. The concluding stanza was written by midshipman royal lovell. Sail on to victory and sink their bones to davy jones, hooray. The film follows gene kelly and frank sinatra as two sailors on liberty in goldenage hollywood.
This march, anchors aweigh, was subsequently dedicated to the academy class of 1907 and adopted as the official song of the u. Anchors aweigh on dvd 883929007608 from warner bros directed by george sidney. You would be forgiven, of course, for thinking that the film really was a fantasy based on that one number. Anchors aweigh is a strange picture, one that feels more like a fantasy than anything else, and to the extent that it is remembered today, it is remembered for one thing.
While wwii was clearly coming to an end in europe, it was still raging in the pacific where the navy was actively engaged against the japanese. Not because it is a particularly awesome movie, but because this is the type of film that creates nostalgia and memories. Onward christian soldiers hymns lyrics choir william booth audiofilm salvation army. Great movie anchors aweigh gene kelly great quality in color and in english. Rent anchors aweigh 1945 starring frank sinatra and kathryn grayson on dvd and bluray. Anchors aweigh is a 1945 american technicolor musical comedy film directed by george sidney and starring frank sinatra, kathryn grayson, and gene kelly, with songs by jule styne and sammy cahn. See more ideas about wwii, navy uniforms and vintage sailor.
Anchors aweigh is the fight song of the united states naval academy and march song of the united states navy. Information from its description page there is shown below. Anchors aweigh 1906 lyrics song of the us navy youtube. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. An october 1943 hollywood reporter news item notes that eleanor powell was originally set for the female lead, and that mgm later cast marilyn maxwell in. On our recent honor flight this group of sailors were visiting the wwii memorial one of our korean war navy veterans was talking. The film ended with a rousing sermon in a bombedout church. However, when walt disney refused to have his most famous character appear in an mgm film, kelly turned to mgms own animation studio and used jerry mouse of tom and jerry fame. Anchors aweigh official trailer 1 frank sinatra, gene kelly movie. At academy award time, this movie proudly walked away with a shiny oscar for best musical score, and 4 oscar nominations including best cinematography, and best actor for gene kelly. Anchors aweigh marked frank sinatras first film under his new contract with mgm, following his departure from rko, and his motion picture dancing debut. On the town is a 1949 technicolor musical film with music by leonard bernstein and roger edens and book and lyrics by betty comden and adolph green. The film is also famous for an animated dance sequence to the king who couldnt dance that features kelly with jerry mouse. Anchors aweigh is a 1945 american technicolor musical comedy film directed by george.
If i had watched this as a nineyearold classic film fan, anchors aweigh would so have been a favorite of mine. Anchors aweigh trailer directed by george sidney and starring frank sinatra, kathryn grayson, gene kelly, jose iturbi, dean stockwell. Second, the caissons go rolling along, sung by robert weede and produced by the office for emergency management. For the most famous sequence in the film, mickey mouse was originally meant to be the dance partner of gene kelly. A bit of a test run for that film, anchors aweigh introduces the kellysinatra pairing, but finds sinatra completely unnecessary, leaving us with a film way too long on time and bloated narratively. Gene kelly began his service in the navy a short time after the film was completed.
Gene kelly danced with jerry mouse in 1945s anchors aweigh and made cinematic history as the first dance with an animated character. Anchors aweigh clasing singalong featuring world war ii stock footage 20260a. Anchors aweigh is one of the first films frank sinatra took part in throughout his career. Anchors aweigh set the pattern for a whole assembly line of mgm musicals to come, and one could almost say it established an artform. Anchors aweigh is a 1945 musical comedy film in which two sailors go on a fourday shore leave in hollywood, accompanied by music and song, meet an aspiring young singer and try to. Kelly did the choreography, and his firstever dream ballets, two of them, are on display here the famous pas. Through our last night ashore, drink to the foam, until we meet once more.
Anchors away is a dynamic film to watch throughout because of the interconnection of. Unpredictable and as stylistically varied as a bag of licorice allsorts or the private tie collection of a tv news presenter, anchors aweigh is far from being the conventional hollywood musical. Anchors aweigh us navy music by dolly parton when johnny comes marching home moviescene. A police officer rags ragland who catches up with him pawns him off on the two. The seamless team chemistry of frank sinatra and gene kelly proved so sensational that the duo would be paired in two subsequent and legendary metro releases, take me out to the. Released some months before the end of the war, anchors aweigh is one of gene kellys major musical triumphs of the forties under the direction of george sidney, it had the benefits of a pleasant score, and best of all the services of gene kelly in his first true starring role at mgm the year before, in columbias cover girl, he had revealed an innovative approach to dance on the screen, a light but agreeable singing voice, and considerable charm in anchors aweigh, although he was. Farewell to foreign shores, we sail at break of dayayayay. Anchors aweigh 1945 anchors aweigh 1945, a quintessential forties song and dance extravaganza about two sailors on leave in hollywood, remains the penultimate example of the mgm confectionery machine at its peak. Rent anchors aweigh 1945 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. The animation was a painstaking process, and to his credit, it is said that disney got mgm to take the risk on the sequence. Winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
Yet, mad as it is, it has all the ingredients that make a musical film so enjoyable and endlessly popular. Anchors aweigh 1945 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Anchors aweigh, gay musical film, with gene kelly, frank sinatra and miss grayson, opens at the capitol theatre. Anchors away being sung by sailors at the wwii memorial t. Anchors aweigh 1945 watch online video dailymotion. Anchors aweigh contributor names zimmerman, charles a. The color of war part 6 anchors aweigh video dailymotion. Ill be seeing you, introduced in the show right this way in 1938, became one of the most popular songs of world war ii. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Anchors aweigh is an idiom referring to the raising of a ships anchor when starting a journey. Bob thomass book on roy disney, the studio was in debt after world war ii and they were focusing on trying to release their own films out on time. Staring kathryn grayson, gene kelly, frank sinatra and rags ragland. World war ii propaganda american experience official.
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