On the Town
- Director: Stanley Donen; Gene Kelly
- Writer: Adolph Green; Betty Comden
- Producer: Roger Edens; Arthur Freed
CGiii Comment
Okay - we can hear multitudes screaming: SUBTEXT?!? WHAT SUBTEXT?
It's loaded with it - nothing can be this camp without raising an eyebrow or two. And...they are sailors!
As for the film - the appeal it once had...has long gone - the world grew up.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - let loose on a 24-hour pass in New York and the Big Apple will never be the same! Gabey falls head over heels for "Miss Turnstiles of the Month" (he thinks she's a high society deb when she's really a 'cooch dancer at Coney Island); innocent Chip gets highjacked (literally) by a lady cab driver; and Ozzie becomes the object of interest of a gorgeous anthropologist who thinks he's the perfect example of a "prehistoric man". Wonderful music and terrific shots of New York at its best.
Cast & Characters
Gene Kelly as Gabey;
Frank Sinatra as Chip;
Betty Garrett as Brunhilde Esterhazy;
Ann Miller as Claire Huddesen;
Jules Munshin as Ozzie;
Vera-Ellen as Ivy Smith;
Florence Bates as Mme. Dilyovska;
Alice Pearce as Lucy Schmeeler;
George Meader as Professor;
Murray Alper as Cab company owner;
Bette Arlen as Dancer in 'Day in New York' Ballet;
Anne Beck as Nightclub Extra;
Bea Benaderet as Brooklyn Girl on Subway;
Gladys Blake as Brooklyn Girl on Subway;
Eugene Borden as Waiter