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A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 4 nominations total
Rags Ragland
- Police Sergeant
- (as 'Rags' Ragland)
Carlos Ramírez
- Carlos
- (as Carlos Ramirez)
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- TriviaWhen the dance sequence with Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse was screened for MGM executives, someone noticed that, although Gene Kelly's reflection shone on the floor during his dancing, Jerry's did not. This required animators William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and their team to go back and draw Jerry's reflection on the floor as he was dancing.
- GoofsWhen Clarence is singing to the waitress in the restaurant, there is a picture of Susita on the wall. When seen at a distance, her head is tilted to the left, but in a closeup, her head is vertical.
- Quotes
Jerry Mouse: Look at me, I'm dancing.
- Crazy credits[in some versions, after the end credits]
TO FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN:
Pictures exhibited in this theatre are given to the armed forces for showing in combat areas around the world.
WAR ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY
- ConnectionsEdited into American Masters: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
- SoundtracksAnchors Aweigh
(1906) (uncredited)
Music by Charles A. Zimmerman
Played off-screen during the opening credits
Played by a Navy Band conducted by José Iturbi
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Since I first saw Anchors Aweigh in 1945, viewing it on videotape holds a lot of nostalgia for me. At age 15, it was easy for me to be drawn into the first of the great MGM Technicolor musicals. Now I am perhaps most interested in thinking about the future careers of the leading players. Though Sinatra had done a couple of negligible films soon after his emergence after his Dorsey days, as a solo singer, this was his first major film appearance. As another viewer noted, this seems almost to be a warm-up for On the Town. Sinatra may have had to work hard at it, but his dance with Kelly is credible, and he would do better in their next pairings. However, observing his physique, it's easy to see why he was caricatured as a string bean. Who would have imagined that within a decade he would win an academy award for acting, and go on to play many roles as a tough detective or leader in combat. Though Gene Kelly's personality and dancing dominated this film, his winsome performance did not suggest that he would become a major creative force, almost the iconic figure, for MGM musicals, where he developed a style of dance complementary to that of Fred Astaire. Finally, it was strange to see the fresh-faced Dean Stockwell and remember that he would later play a "thrill" killer in Compulsion, based on the Leopold-Loeb murder from the 1920s. An additional note: One reviewer praised the performance of Betty Garrett as Sinatra's love interest. She later played opposite him in On the Town, but Pamela Britton was featured in this film.
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- Gross worldwide
- $2,457
- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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