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For Me and My Gal (1942)

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• This is the first of two movies in which a character says to Judy Garland, "Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?" The second is Easter Parade (1948), starring Fred Astaire.
  
  
• Gene Kelly's film debut. It is known that Judy Garland got him the job after seeing a Broadway show he was in.
  
  
• Studio records show that Abe Dinovitch and Maude Erickson filmed a production number with Judy Garland, but it was cut before the final release. Similarly, Six Hits and a Miss was filmed in another number cut before release.
  
  

• This was the first film in which Judy Garland had her name billed before the title, which showed her growing importance and stature at MGM.
  
  
• Judy Garland's costume in the "Ballin' the Jack" number was originally worn by Eleanor Powell in Lady Be Good (1941).
  
  
• George Murphy was originally cast as Harry Palmer, but he instead played Jimmy Metcalf once the lead role went to Gene Kelly.
  
  
• When it was decided that the costume worn by Mártha Eggerth while she performed "Do I Love You?" revealed too much cleavage, all close-ups of her during the number were blurred at the bodice.
  
  
• After initial previews, much of the film's ending was re-shot in order to make Gene Kelly's draft-dodging character Harry Palmer more sympathetic to wartime audiences. The scenes in which Palmer becomes a hero in combat were among those added.
  
  
• Eleanor Powell and Dan Dailey were originally supposed to star in this movie but were removed from the picture during rehearsals and replaced by Gene Kelly and Judy Garland.
  
  

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