Today we're going for a stroll
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Today we're going for a stroll |
| Original title | On the town |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1949 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Gene Kelly , Stanley Donen |
| script |
Adolph Green , Betty Comden |
| production |
Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| music |
Leonard Bernstein , Roger Edens |
| camera | Harold Rosson |
| cut | Ralph E. Winters |
| occupation | |
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Today we go shopping is an American film musical by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen from 1949. The alternative long title of the film is Today we go shopping - This is New York! .
action
The three sailors Gabey, Chip and Ozzie are given 24 hours shore leave in New York City . Chip absolutely wants to explore the sights of the city, and so the three of them use the first few hours for a tour of the metropolis. On the subway, Gabey discovers the Miss Turnstiles of June poster , Ivy Smith, and imagines beautiful Ivy as a famous woman. He wants to get to know her and shortly afterwards sees her for a moment on the platform. She gets on the next subway - the three men rush to the next best taxi to catch up with the subway and get to know the taxi driver Brunhilde Esterhazy, who immediately had an eye on Chip and he no longer had her Side wants to give way. The three men miss Ivy at the next train stop.
Since the poster lists Ivy's various hobbies, including visiting museums, Gabey, Chip, Ozzie and Brunhilde are now visiting various museums in New York, even though Brunhilde's shift as a taxi driver is long over. At the Museum of Anthropological History, Ozzie meets the scientist Claire, who is enthusiastic about his resemblance to a prehistoric man. Soon the skeleton of a dinosaur breaks through carelessness and the five escape. They now split up - Gabey is looking for Ivy, while Brundhilde, with some difficulty, guides the sight-crazy Chip to her home, but is surprised there by her unattractive, sniffy roommate Lucy. Ozzie and Claire also have better things to do than look for Ivy. She is in ballet class when Gabey finds her. Gabey treats her like a famous person, and Ivy plays along with her. They arrange to meet at the Empire State Building for eight thirty , where the three sailors wanted to meet again - Ivy does not tell Gabey that she has a job as a simple dancer on Coney Island .
The three couples meet and roam the bars, whereby Ivy is always treated as a VIP through small bribes from the staff. She suddenly disappeared at eleven thirty and Gabey is in mourning. The fact that Brunhilde finds him a new date in Lucy cannot comfort him either. They eventually learn from Ivy's dance teacher that Ivy is performing at Coney Island. Brunhilde rushes with the four passengers in her taxi to Coney Island and is promptly pursued by the police for frenzy. In Coney Island, Gabey finally sees Ivy as a belly dancer and they both speak out. It turns out they both grew up in the same place, and Gabey assures Ivy that she loves her, no matter what social position she is in. Eventually there is a confrontation with the police. The three sailors are brought back to their ship. Brundhilde, Claire and Ivy are confronted with taxi theft, dinosaur destruction and frenzy and can use clever references to patriotism and charity to dispel all three allegations. They are brought to the harbor and can say goodbye to their husbands there. As soon as Gabey, Chip and Ozzie are on board, the next sailors disembark for shore leave and greet New York, as the three sailors had already done 24 hours earlier.
production
The film was shot on location in New York City from March 28 to July 2, 1949. The scenes around the dinosaur skeleton were created in the American Museum of Natural History . It was Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen's first directorial collaboration.
Today we go for a stroll came to US cinemas on December 8, 1949 and was shown in Germany on February 2, 1952.
The film is based on the Broadway musical On the Town by Leonard Bernstein , which premiered on December 28, 1944 at the Adelphi Theater and in which Alice Pearce played the role of Lucy as in the film. From the stage musical, however, only four musical numbers (I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet; New York, New York; Miss Turnstiles Ballet and Come Up to My Place) were taken into the film. The remaining songs were by Roger Edens (composition) and Lennie Hayton newly created (Conductor) for the film, which for 1950 the Oscar for best film music of a music film (Best Music Scoring of a Musical Picture) received.
synchronization
| role | actor | German voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| chip | Frank Sinatra | Erik Ode |
| Gabey | Gene Kelly | Walter Gross |
| Ozzie | Jules Munshin | Georg Thomalla |
| Claire Huddesen | Ann Miller | Alice Treff |
| Brunhilde | Betty Garrett | Hannelore Schroth |
The synchronization was carried out by the MGM Synchronization Atelier Berlin.
criticism
The Catholic film service called Today Go For A Walk In 1952, a “content […] quite shallow, superficial matter”, but praised the fact that the story “is served with gorgeous panache; their imaginative loosening up by revue scenes shows above all brilliant dance skills. The presentation is very pleasant, the music less so, the camera work is excellent. "
The lexicon of international films published by film-dienst in 1990 praised the film: “The musical comedy [...] achieves an artistic harmony that can be found in this genre through the brilliant interplay of staging, choreography, music [...], technology and presentation rarely finds. [...] With its wit, romance and many swinging evergreens, the film became a classic of Hollywood musical ”.
For Cinema , the film has “dreamy dance sequences, music by Leonard Bernstein, smart dialogues: Gene Kelly rightly called 'On the Town' his favorite musical. Conclusion: Fantastic musical with grandiose jazzed up music ”.
The evangelical film observer is also quite impressed by the film : "A well-shot revue about a shore leave for three sailors in the cosmopolitan city of New York with many cheerful, original and grotesque ideas."
Awards
Today we go for a stroll won the Oscar in 1950 in the category “Best Film Music (Music Film)”. He also received the WGA Award from the Writers Guild of America in 1950 for "Best Musical".
It was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Picture at the British Academy Film Awards in 1951 , but lost to Everything About Eva . In addition, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category "Best Camera - Color Film" in 1950 , but could not prevail against the animated film The Adventures of Ichabod and Taddäus Toad .
In 2018 he was inducted into the National Film Registry .
Web links
- Today 'let's go strolling in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See German synchronous file .
- ↑ Ö .: Today we're going for a stroll - This is New York! . In: film-dienst , No. 11, 1952.
- ↑ Today we're going for a stroll . In: Klaus Brüne (Ed.): Lexicon of International Films . Volume 3. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1990, p. 1603.
- ↑ Cf. Today we go strolling on cinema.de
- ↑ Ev. Munich Press Association, Review No. 197/1952