On the Town
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Actor: Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jules MunshinBrand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Harold Hal Rosson
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of On the Town
Movie Review: ON THE TOWN, DVD, w/ F. Sinatra/ G. Kelly & VERA ELLEN
Summary: 5 Stars
While I like Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, the ONLY reason I ordered this DVD was Vera Ellen danced opposite of Gene Kelly. I have become enamored with Vera Ellen recently - WHAT A DANCER? First saw her in "Happy Go Lovely" (David Niven) and could not believe her different styles of dancing ability. Tremendous! "On the Town" has lots of dancing in it (especially between Vera and Gene) and is just a fun, enjoyable movie ... the whole family can watch!
Summary of On the Town
On the Town, New York, New York, it's a wonderful town - especially when sailors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin have a 24-hour shore leave to see the sights - and when those sights include Ann Miller, Betty Garrett and Vera-Ellen. Co-Directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, based on the Broadway hit and set to an Academy Award winning adaptation score, On the Town changed the landscape of movie musicals, opening filmmakers' eyes to what could be done on location. And when brilliant location and studio production numbers are blended, it could be - as here- ebullient, up-and-at-'em perfection. The Bronx is up and the Battery's down, but no one can be down after going On the Town.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, bumping into a lady anthropologist (Ann Miller) along the way. Shot mostly in the studio, but with location exteriors all over town, from Coney Island to the Statue of Liberty to Central Park, this 1949 gem was the first of three great musicals codirected by Kelly and Stanley Donen, followed by Singin' in the Rain (1952) and the underrated It's Always Fair Weather (1955). --Jim Emerson
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