New York, New York, a wonderful town. The Bronx is up and the Battery down. The people ride in a hole in the ground
No 277 - On The Town Directors - Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly Well thank you Channel 4, I was just wondering what to do with my afternoon and then this cropped up.... This film follows three of the campest sailors in the world as they run around New York, excited with their 24 hours of shore leave. They're planning a fun filled day seeing all the sights and a fun filled night macking all the hunnies . I don't know much - if anything - about Jules Munshin , but the other sailors are Swing God Frank Sinatra and song, dance and falling over hero Gene Kelly . So we're in good musical hands. Within one tiny musical montage, Gene Kelly's Gabey has fallen in love. With a girl on a poster. Bless the poor old sap. Vera Ellen plays Ivy Smith, the star of Miss Turnstiles, though we don't know quite what that title means. But we do get to see inside Gabey's campy imagination as he ponders the information on the poster. I love how it starts quite mundane and gradually ge...