Music

Comedy

Romance

On the Town

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

United States of America

English

Gene Kelly

Frank Sinatra

Betty Garrett

Ann Miller

Jules Munshin

Vera-Ellen

Florence Bates

Alice Pearce

George Meader

Murray Alper

Bette Arlen

Anne Beck

Bea Benaderet

Gladys Blake

Eugene Borden

Leonard Bremen

Don Brodie

Ralph Brooks

Claire Carleton

Peter Chong

Dorinda Clifton

Hans Conried

Jeanne Coyne

Lester Dorr

Tom Dugan

Helen Eby-Rock

Clair Freeman

Alex Goudovitch

Frank Hagney

Robert Haines

Carol Haney

Timmy Hawkins

Bern Hoffman

Judy Holliday

Curtis Loys Jackson Jr.

Richard Kean

Milton Kibbee

Jack G. Lee

Hank Mann

Gloria Marlen

John Marlin

Bert May

Helen McAllister

Sid Melton

Diane Nance

Kerry O'Day

Norman Ollestad

William Phillips

Paul Power

Edwin Rochelle

Alex Romero

Reiko Sato

Frank J. Scannell

Lee Scott

Jack Shea

Robert Smith

Robert R. Stephenson

Dorothy Tuttle

Tyra Vaughn

Dick Wessel

Robert B. Williams

Bud Wolfe

Stanley Donen

Arthur Freed

Leonard Bernstein

Helen Rose

Ralph E. Winters

Edwin B. Willis

Cedric Gibbons

Roger Edens

Jack Dawn

Sydney Guilaroff

Jack Martin Smith

Harold Rosson

Douglas Shearer

Adolph Green

Jerome Robbins

Betty Comden

Jack Gertsman

Henri Jaffa

Lennie Hayton

Saul Chaplin

Warren Newcombe

Conrad Salinger

Jack D. Moore

Wonderful town gets a wonderful movie.

As would be tradition, the story at the core of On the Town isn't anything to sing from the roof tops, but it plays out as one of MGM's most memorable slices of froth. Propelled by talented stars and singers, it's a musical of comedic delights. 

Adapted from the successful stage production, charges of being dated and that not all the songs are great, is correct. The dated thing is not always a viable debating tool, but certain stereotype and sexist elements here will ring a little hollow with some folk. 

Yet if you can just run with it and accept the era of film making it comes from, then this is mostly a joyous and uplifting picture. So roll with the boys and girls, with the wonderful dances and the wonderful singing, for New York New York, A Wonderful Town. 8/10

CinemaSerf

That old expression about things not being broken not needing fixing springs to mind with this. Messrs. Sinatra, Kelly (who co-directed) and Munshin don their naval uniforms for a 24 hour pass in the Big Apple. Once there, they fall for a pretty diverse trio of dames - Betty Garrett, Ann Miller and Vera-Allen and with the fabulous musical talents of Green/Comden and Bernstein at the helm, we have the perfect ingredients for a day no-one will ever forget. The plot is pretty straightforward, but the musical numbers notably "New York, New York", "On the Town" and "I Can Cook Too" alongside some perfectly choreographed dance sequences give this adaptation of the 1944 Broadway musical more than a splash of style and class. The whole thing is well paced, the characters (though hardly what you might call "developed") are fun and engaging - especially the really almost "cute" Frank Sinatra - as they (and we) enjoy their whirlwind romantic tour. On the downside, the story could do with being just a smidge more substantial and there are maybe just a little too many sound stage performances that do sterilise the charm just a little, but I'm splitting hairs - it's well worth a watch if you like the broadway musical at it's best.

On the Town (1949) Official Trailer - Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly Movie HD

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