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(out of 5)
Gene Kelly‘s film debut came about in this delightful period musical starring him and Judy Garland (of trivial note: it’s the only film she was ever in where she was the sole name billed above the title). They play vaudevillians during World War I who are thrown together in love but pulled apart by ethics when the war comes to figure in their business decisions. Chock full of fantastic musical numbers, including the title song.
USA, 1942
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Story by Howard Emmett Rogers, Screenplay by Richard Sherman, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Sid Silvers
Cinematography by William H. Daniels
Produced by Arthur Freed
Music by Roger Edens
Production Design by Cedric Gibbons
Costume Design by Robert Kalloch, Gile Steele
Film Editing by Ben Lewis
