Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Director:

George Sidney

Writers:

Natalie Marcin (story)
Isobel Lennart (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 agosto 1945 (Brazil)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

On waves of song . . . laughter and romance ! Two love-lost sailors on a four-day leave of fun and frivolity !

Plot:

Two sailors, one naive, the other experienced in the ways of the world, on liberty in Los Angeles, is the setting for this movie musical...

Plot Keywords:

Naval Base | San Diego California | USA | Cigarettes | 1940s

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The great Gene Kelly and Sinatra.

Cast

Frank Sinatra	...	Clarence Doolittle
Kathryn Grayson	...	Susan Abbott
Gene Kelly	...	Joseph Brady
José Iturbi	...	Himself
Dean Stockwell	...	Donald Martin - Child runaway
Pamela Britton	...	Waitress from Brooklyn
Rags Ragland	...	Cop in charge of runaway Donald (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Billy Gilbert	...	Cafe Manager
Henry O'Neill	...	Adm. Hammond - pinning on medals
Carlos Ramírez	...	Carlos
Edgar Kennedy	...	Chief of police station
Grady Sutton	...	Bertram Kraler - Susan's beau
Leon Ames	...	Admiral's aide reads citation for medals
Sharon McManus	...	Little Mexican Girl
James Flavin	...	Radio Cop

También conocida como:

Levando anclas (Mexico) (Spain) [es]
Leven anclas (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

143 min | USA:140 min (DVD version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Bowl - 2301 N. Highland Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

When the dance sequence with Gene Kelly and Jerry the Mouse was screened for MGM executives, someone noticed that although Kelly's reflection shone on the floor during his dancing, Jerry's did not. So all the animators who worked on the sequence had to be rehired to go back in and draw Jerry's reflection on the floor as he was dancing.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the sailors take Donald home, he states that the door is locked. However the policeman exits via the locked door. Also, Aunt Suzy comes home to an unlocked door.

Quotes:

Susan Abbott: From the heart of a lonely poet, came a song for the girl he adored. 'Tho she tried very hard not to show it, she was terribly, terribly bored.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Toonheads: The Lost Cartoons (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings

The great Gene Kelly and Sinatra.

Anchors Aweigh focuses on two navy buddies hell-bent on getting some action. Frank Sinatra's character, Brooklyn, is a lovable dweeb who never scores. Gene Kelly, or Joe, is a smooth talking ladies' man who spends most of the movie trying to get his pal hooked up. Both Kelly and Sinatra have excellent camaraderie on screen and presumably off. It comes across on film. Frank went through something like seventy takes in order to get his dancing in the "Begged Her" sequence down; stick to crooning, man. There is also a charming little scene with Gene and Jerry the mouse dancing side by side; I only wish it could have been Mickey Mouse since Tom & Jerry is such a bygone cartoon. Big stuff for 1945.