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On the Town: Directed by Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. With Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller. Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
- (19K)
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
- 1949-12-30
On the Town is a 1949 American Technicolor musical film with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music.
On the Town (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
On the Town (1949) is undoubtedly one of the key works in the development of the Hollywood musical. Up to that time, musicals were entirely studio-bound, with rare exceptions such as the Brooklyn Bridge sequence in It Happened in Brooklyn (1947).
- Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen, Jack Gertsman
- Gene Kelly
At 8:30, Chip, Brunhilde, Ozzie, Claire and Gabey meet at the top of the Empire State Building, where they hide Ozzie from the policemen who are looking for him. When Ivy arrives, the three couples begin their wild night on the town.
On the Town, American musical film, released in 1949, that was a major hit in the post-World War II era, especially noted for its lively numbers. The movie marked the first memorable pairing of Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.
