Movie Description Gangway for Sinatra and Kelly as song and dance lead the list of activities when sailors on shore leave fall in with a fatherless boy and his beautiful aunt. Includes the irresistible dance sequence with Kelly and Jerry, the cartoon mouse. Academy Award Nominations: 5, including Best Picture, Best Actor Gene Kelly, Best Song ("I Fall in Love Too Easily"). Academy Awards: Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.
| Credits | | Producer: | Joe Pasternak | | Cast: | Billy Gilbert, Dean Stockwell, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Henry O'Neill, James Burke, Jose Iturbi, Kathryn Grayson, Pamela Britton |
| Details | | Edition: | Classic Musicals Collection | | Sound: | Stereo Sound |
Notes The film is well-known for a sequence in which Gene Kelly dances with Jerry (of "Tom and Jerry" fame) in one of the first pairings between a live actor and an animated figure.
Shot in three-strip Technicolor.
George Stoll won the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical, though his credit in the film was Musical Director.
All songs in the film sung by Frank Sinatra were written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.
Earl Brent was the vocal arranger for Kathryn Grayson.
Gene Kelly's actual credit was for "Dance Sequences Creation."
MGM Cartoon Studio provided the "Tom & Jerry" cartoon.
Awards 1945Academy AwardsBest Adapted or Musical Song/ScoreGeorge Stoll
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