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Who were the Harvey Girls? In the words of humorist Will Rogers, they were women who “kept the West in food – and wives.” More specifically, they were young, single, intelligent women who were also of “good character,” and, presumably, had the sort of sense of adventure that propelled them to unknown territory in the 1880s to work as ...
Oct 17, 2017 · Fred Harvey and the Harvey Girls: A Dollar, a Dream and a Dinner. by John Koster 10/17/2017. Share This Article. He brought good food and potential wives out West. Fred Harvey came West with a dream that cost a dollar—a meal fit for a lady or a gentleman, if not a reigning king or queen.
Jul 28, 2003 · Harvey Girls, The - (Original Trailer) Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity in The Harvey Girls (1946), a musical romance starring Judy Garland and featuring the hit song, "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe."
On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travelers.
YouTube Movies & TV. 179M subscribers. Subscribed. 327. It's a high-spirited Oscar-nominated musical clash between respectable waitress Judy Garland and wicked dance-hall queen Angela Lansbury...
Dec 30, 2020 · The Harvey Girls (1946) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TheHarveyGirls Vittles, songs and dance are amply ladled out when Judy Garland headlines The Harvey Girls, a joyous musical slice...
It is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's Harvey House waitresses. Directed by George Sidney, the film stars Judy Garland and features John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, and Angela Lansbury, as well as Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Kenny Baker, Marjorie Main and Chill Wills.
