Three sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?Three sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?Three sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?
- Awards
- 1 win
The Jubalaires
- Themselves
- (as Jubalaires)
Jerry Antes
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Brooks
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBased on his athletic dancing in films such as this one and Tom Thumb (1958), most audiences assume that Russ Tamblyn was a trained dancer. In fact, the actor had no history of dance training. He was a skilled tumbler, and that was originally slated to be his singular contribution to Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), but his natural movement ability was so accomplished that he was incorporated more and more into the dance sequences. This would ultimately culminate in his being cast as Riff in West Side Story (1961), one of the most dance-heavy musicals in Broadway history.
- Quotes
Chief Boatswain's Mate William F. Clark: Ginger, baby, I worship the ground you walk on!
Ginger: Now he's talking real estate!
- Crazy creditsAnd Introducing Kay Armen
- ConnectionsFeatured in 1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955)
- SoundtracksOverture (Join the Navy)
(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Youmans
Lyrics by Leo Robin and Clifford Grey
Performed by the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by George Stoll
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When this movie first came out, we had just been exposed to Cinamascope, Cinerama, VistaVision, SuperScope, and Todd-A-O. People where in their living rooms watching television and movies were not making any money, so they had to think of a way to get everyone from in front of the television and back into the theaters, and the WideScreens, 3-D, and Stereophonic Sound did the trick! But, here's the problem, years later, with watching films like "Hit The Deck": We were all fans of actress' like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds because most of us watched them grow up from children to adult players in films. Tony Martin was a very popular singer. Russ Tamblyn had the look of a Mormon making movies because Russ Tamblyn was/is an Mormon. Ann Miller took over as the Queen of the Taps when Elinor Powell retired, and Kay Armand was a very popular singer at the time. So, we enjoyed these performers and loved seeing them on that immense screen with the 3 channel stereophonic sound which was the Miracle of that Century, and, once again, if you have never experienced these movies like "Hit The Deck" on the large screen with its 3 channel stereophonic sound, then I can see why others in the later generations to come would not appreciate them. Especially when you have song writers like Vincent Youmans, who wrote the score for Hit the Deck, and other composers like Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin. Thank God, we can still enjoy these composers music today because it's been saved, and if you grew up in this age of the wonderful M.G.M. musicals, yes, even you, would admit that todays music, as the kids say, "Sucks"! This movie is just good old fashioned entertainment. Who needs a story line to get in the way of all this great music and dance numbers! Of course, sometimes things were predictable, such as when Tony Martin is singing "More Than You Know" to Ann Miller, and the look on her face is the same look she had when Fred Astair sang "It Only Happnens When I Dance With You" in the movie "Easter Parade", but who cared? So, we knew the formula: Give meets Boy, Girl and Boy Fight: Gir and Boy Get Back Together; Boy and Girl Find Out That All Along They Were in Love and Didn't Know It, and then the Extravagant Musical Finale with everyone in the audience feeling good that they saw the movie! The finale to this film with the whole cast singing "Halleluah" and Ann Miller tapping her feet off; the general energy you get from the last scene, made you want to dance out of the theater and on to the streets. Hell! Who needed anti-depressants in those days? Our anti-depressants were the energy that these wonderful musicals gave us! It's just a shame that they don't make musicals like this anymore! But, of course, I can see why! Who are you going to put in a song and dance movie musical? Leonardo Di Caprio?
- joseph952001
- Apr 11, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- In Frisco vor Anker
- Filming locations
- San Francisco, California, USA(backgrounds)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Sound mix
- 4-Track Stereo(original master sound track)
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1
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