On the Town (1949)
On the Town (1949)
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Gene Kelly
Gabey / Director
Frank Sinatra
Chip
Betty Garrett
Brunhilde Esterhazy
Ann Miller
Claire Huddesen
Jules Munshin
Ozzie
Vera-Ellen
Ivy Smith
Florence Bates
Madame Dilyovska
Alice Pearce
Lucy Schmeeler
George Meader
Professor
Murray Alper
Cab Company Owner (uncredited)
Bette Arlen
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Anne Beck
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Bea Benaderet
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
Brooklyn Girl on Subway (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Waiter (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen
Spectator (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Photo Layout Man (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Peter Chong
Bartender (uncredited)
Dorinda Clifton
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Hans Conried
Francois (uncredited)
Jeanne Coyne
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Tom Dugan
Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
Little Girl's Mother (uncredited)
Luigi Faccuito
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Clair Freeman
Dancer (uncredited)
Alex Goudovitch
Miss Turnstiles Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Carol Haney
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Timmy Hawkins
Boy in Subway (uncredited)
Bern Hoffman
Shipyard Singer (uncredited)
Judy Holliday
Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Curtis Loys Jackson Jr.
Boy in Subway (uncredited)
Richard Kean
Poet Type (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Sign Poster (uncredited)
Jack G. Lee
Speed Cop (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Max the Photographer (uncredited)
Gloria Marlen
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
John Marlin
Waiter (uncredited)
Bert May
Miss Turnstiles Dancer (uncredited)
Helen McAllister
Kooch Girl (uncredited)
Sid Melton
Spud (uncredited)
Diane Nance
Little Girl (uncredited)
Kerry O'Day
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Norman Ollestad
Boy in Subway (uncredited)
William Phillips
Sailor Simkins (uncredited)
Paul Power
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Edwin Rochelle
Waiter (uncredited)
Alex Romero
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Reiko Sato
Dancer (uncredited)
Frank J. Scannell
Officer Mulrooney (uncredited)
Lee Scott
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Shea
Tough Marine in Subway (uncredited)
Robert Smith
Spectator (uncredited)
Robert R. Stephenson
Man in Subway Station (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle
Dancer (uncredited)
Tyra Vaughn
'Day in New York' Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Police Sergeant (Car 44) (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe
Speed Cop (uncredited)
Stanley Donen
Director
Arthur Freed
Producer
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 8, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingNR
Budget$2,133,000
Box Office$4,428,000
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
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. It is an adaptation of the Broadway stage musical of the same name produced in 1944 (which itself is an adaptation of the Jerome Robbins ballet entitled Fancy Free which was also produced in 1944), although many changes in script and score were made from the original stage version; for instance, most of Bernstein's score was dropped in favor of new songs by Edens, who disliked the majority of Bernstein's music for being too complex and too operatic for film audiences. This caused Bernstein to boycott the film.
The film was directed by Gene Kelly, who also choreographed, and Stanley Donen in their directorial debut, and stars Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, and Ann Miller, and features Jules Munshin and Vera-Ellen. It was a product of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM, and is notable for its combination of studio and location filming, as a result of Gene Kelly's insistence that some scenes be shot in New York City, including at Columbus Circle, the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Rockefeller Center.
The film was an immediate success and won the Oscar for Best Music—Scoring of a Musical Picture, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography (Color). Screenwriters Comden and Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical.
In 2006, the film ranked No. 19 on the American Film Institute's list of Best Musicals. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."