I'm a sucker for this type of thing | Anchors Aweigh [VHS]

A First-Rate Showcase | Anchors Aweigh [VHS] | Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson

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	• Anchors Aweigh [VHS] Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson Warner Home Video, 2000 average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Fantastic Movie

I think everyone should watch this movie and all other old movies!! I truly enjoy this movie, it is such a treat to watch, especially Gene Kelly dancing with Jerry the Mouse!!!!! Fantastic!!!!

I'm a sucker for this type of thing

Once in a while you see a really good movie after a couple of bad ones and it makes the good movie seem even better.

Anchors Aweigh however is a spectacular movie and the fact that I suffered through two less than average movies The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection) and Don't Drink the Water before seeing it doesn't make that statement an exaggeration in the least.

Gene Kelly dances spectacularly and sings fine and Frank Sinatra sings spectacularly and dances fine as a pair of Sailors friends on the west coast taking advantage of leave on leave during World War II. Sinatra has no girl and Kelly has Lola waiting for him, but a young Dean Stockwell as Donald a little boy whose desire to run away and join the navy turns a simple leave into a comedy of errors, music and romantic triangles, squares and trapezoids.

The music is incredible, the dance numbers are fantastic, the plot though simple is a joy and the writing solid. Combine with Sinatra and Kelly who have real chemistry together and you would be hard pressed to find a formula that is more likely to succeed.

This one is certainly a buyer.

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A First-Rate Showcase

Yes, Anchors Aweigh is long. Very, very long (2 hours and 20 minutes) and best absorbed in two sittings, if possible.

However ... I, personally, have the attention span of a goldfish and this movie never left me bored. The plot is rather basic: two sailors (Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra) go on four-day leave and fall in with (and fall in love with) a beautiful young singer (Kathryn Grayson) and her little nephew (Dean Stockwell). What this movie is, more than anything, is a showcase for the incredible talent that MGM had to offer.

Vocally, Sinatra and Grayson are top of the class, with Sinatra crooning "Brahm's Lullaby" (to spectacularly soothing effect on Stockwell, Kelly, and the audience), "I Fall in Love Too Easily," and, my personal favorite, "What Makes The Sunset." Grayson shows off a beautiful coloratura in songs like "Jealousy," and a softer, musical-theatre-ingenuous side in "My Heart Sings."

Gene Kelly sings ably, but, of course, his bold and athletic dance techniques take centerstage in his "showcase" scenes (most famously, "The Worry Song" with Jerry Mouse). Sinatra also proves himself a capable dancer in "She Begged Me." Jose Iturbi, of course, is one big showcase himself, and the MGM directors give him several scenes in which to use his piano skills.

In conclusion, I guess, if you're looking for fast-paced, plot-heavy entertainment, don't watch Anchors Aweigh. However, if taking a few hours to watch a display of some of the greatest artistic talents of the 20th century sounds like your kind of leisure, I think you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

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Family entertainment

A film for the whole family, Kelly and the Mexican Hat Dance, should be a kick for the kids, the romance will appeal to the adults, the singing, especially from Kathryn Grayson is first rate. (I get so tired of people, women in particular who find her voice annoying, get a better sound system, and have your hearing checked) a fun film

Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra teamed up for their first of three musical comedies in this frothy confection of sailors on leave in Hollywood, with gawky, shy young Sinatra tagging along with his worldly buddy Kelly, who promises to show him the ropes. Overlong at more than two hours, this meandering production is light on story, and more than a little sentimental, but full of first-rate entertainment. Sinatra croons "I Fall in Love Too Easily" and "What Makes the Sunset," chirpy costar Kathryn Grayson sings "All of a Sudden My Heart Sings," classical pianist José Iturbi provides a little highbrow interlude, and Gene Kelly dances with cartoon mouse Jerry (of Tom and Jerry fame) when not chasing dames. Somewhere in the midst of this, little Dean Stockwell makes his film debut as a runaway orphan who melts the heart of self-centered Kelly. This big-budget Technicolor extravaganza, directed by MGM stalwart and musical specialist George Sidney (Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate), was one of the studio's biggest hits in 1945. --Sean Axmaker

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