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On the Town (1949)
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New York, New York--it's a helluva town; the Bronx is up and the Battery's down; the people ride in a hole in the ground.... Well, you get the idea. Those lyrics (by Betty Comden and Adolph Green), set to Leonard Bernstein's music, have made On the Town a permanent part of the psychological landscape of New York City. The story (inspired by Jerome Robbins's ballet Fancy Free) is pretty slight: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin play sailors with 24 hours' leave to take their bite out of the Big Apple. When they meet, and then lose, this month's Miss Turnstiles (Vera-Ellen), they scour the town in search of her,...
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Three sailors are set free in that crazy town called New York.
Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra are as cute as they ever were, and oh seeing them in those uniforms!
But this is all about Ann Miller and her amazing dancing. She taps her way into your heart and despite a somewhat lame overall plot, you leave with her legs...
(complete On the Town review by Jessica Film Junkie)
| On the Town Movie Review by kim (8/12/2006) |
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Yea, it's an old one, 1949 to be exact, but it's a good one. With Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra starring, On the Town is a story about 3 sailors who get a 24 hour leave from the navy in the wonderful town of New York City. While boarding a subway, Gaby (Gene Kelly) briefly meets and loses the wonderful "Miss Turnstiles"...
(complete On the Town review by kim)
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