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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)
- Directors
- George Sidney
- Joseph Barbera(animation sequences) (uncredited)
- William Hanna(animation sequences) (uncredited)
- Writers
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Did you know
- 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.
- GoofsThe factual mistake about Joe's rating chevrons was incorrectly entered as a goof. The Gunner's Mate rating badge, among some others, was worn on the right sleeve until April 2, 1949.
- 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
Featured review
Jolly, colourful fun
A jolly musical featuring a great double act in the pairing of Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, who don't share quite as many song-and-dance numbers as you'd expect. ANCHORS AWEIGH charts the boisterous misadventures of a pair of sailors (Kelly and Sinatra) on three-day shore leave and the trouble that seems to follow them around.
The sole problem with this movie is that it's overlong and, as is so often the case, it gets bogged down in an unnecessary romance around the halfway mark. It needed a little more music, a little more oomph, to make it truly great. Still, there's plenty to enjoy here, not least a wonderful performance from an agile and exuberant Gene Kelly, who outdoes Sinatra at every turn.
The highlights of the movie are a couple of fantasy sequences. In one of them, a Spanish-themed interlude, we see Kelly serenading love interest Kathryn Grayson. However, it's the other moment, in which he enters an animated world and dances with Jerry from the TOM AND JERRY cartoons, which is the real highlight and a moment of pure brilliance. I always thought this kind of live action and animation mixing didn't occur until the days of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? but it looks like I was wrong; this dance is the icing on a slightly stodgy, but very tasty, cake.
The sole problem with this movie is that it's overlong and, as is so often the case, it gets bogged down in an unnecessary romance around the halfway mark. It needed a little more music, a little more oomph, to make it truly great. Still, there's plenty to enjoy here, not least a wonderful performance from an agile and exuberant Gene Kelly, who outdoes Sinatra at every turn.
The highlights of the movie are a couple of fantasy sequences. In one of them, a Spanish-themed interlude, we see Kelly serenading love interest Kathryn Grayson. However, it's the other moment, in which he enters an animated world and dances with Jerry from the TOM AND JERRY cartoons, which is the real highlight and a moment of pure brilliance. I always thought this kind of live action and animation mixing didn't occur until the days of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? but it looks like I was wrong; this dance is the icing on a slightly stodgy, but very tasty, cake.
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- Runtime2 hours 20 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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