Hollywood vacation
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hollywood vacation |
| Original title | Anchors Aweigh |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1945 |
| length | 143 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | George Sidney |
| script | Isobel Lennart |
| production | Joe Pasternak |
| music |
Calvin Jackson George Stoll |
| camera |
Charles P. Boyle Robert H. Planck |
| cut | Adrienne Fazan |
| occupation | |
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Holidays in Hollywood (original title: Anchors Aweigh ) is an American movie musical from the year 1945 by George Sidney on motives of the short story You Can not Fool a Marine by Natalie Marcin that on 14 February 1943 in the US magazine This Week published is. The leading roles are starring Frank Sinatra , Gene Kelly , Kathryn Grayson and Dean Stockwell .
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After eight months at sea, sailors Clarence Doolittle and Joseph “Joe” Brady are given shore leave in Hollywood. Joe, an incorrigible womanizer, wants to visit one of his former friends. He wants to teach the shy bookworm Clarence how to get along with women. However, the friends' vacation is soon disrupted by the police. A sergeant asks her to help him find Donald Martin, who ran away from home to join the Navy.
Joseph and Clarence find Donald and convince him to return home. They meet Donald's widowed aunt Susan. While Joseph has nothing more to do with the boy and wants to continue his vacation, Clarence falls in love with Susan. The two sailors visit Susan again the next day and get to know Bertram Kraler. Susan hopes to get in touch with the maestro José Iturbi through him. Joseph thinks Bertram is an admirer of Susan who could disrupt Susan and Clarence's relationship. He pissed off Bertram by telling him that Susan was a well-known Navy lover. Susan finds out about this and breaks down crying because she no longer sees any chance of getting into show business. Joseph tries to reassure Susan by saying that Iturbi and Clarence are good friends.
Susan recites a song for her two friends in a Mexican restaurant. Joseph dances with Susan while Clarence gets to know a waitress whom he calls "Brooklyn" after her homeland. Clarence attempts to meet Iturbi in the MGM studios are unsuccessful. Joseph, who is increasingly attracted to Susan and has become friends with Donald, tells Donald's classmates a story about his experiences in a mysterious kingdom populated by animals. Joseph found that the animals living there were sad. Their king, a mouse, forbade them to sing. Joseph can get the king to withdraw the edict.
Clarence and Brooklyn begin to fall in love. The same thing happens with Joseph and Susan. When Susan actually gets to meet Iturbi one day, she realizes that Joseph and Clarence have deceived her and that they really don't know the maestro. The disappointed Susan breaks down crying. Iturbi understands her situation and arranges screen tests for her. The recordings are a great success for Susan, who can now appear in one of Iturbi's next shows. Before returning to the ship, Joseph makes up with Susan while Clarence says goodbye to Brooklyn.
Reviews
"Attractive film musical with an undemanding, modest, but unaffected and sympathetic plot, rousing songs and several choreographic delicacies that combine to form a varied and humorous whole."
“The big MGM musicals of the 30s and 40s were colorful, happy, lively and simply offered great entertainment. Director George Sidney shows it terrific, the story is only marginally of interest. Conclusion Great musical fun Cast off and off you go! "
“A vacation in Hollywood is solid musical food. [...] The songs are very good to listen to, the color processing is extraordinary. "
Awards
In 1946 George Stoll won the Oscar for best film music . There were nominations in the categories of Best Film , Best Actor (Gene Kelly), Best Camera (Color) and Best Song for the song I Fall in Love Too Easily , composed by Jule Styne (music) and Sammy Cahn (text).
background
The premiere took place on July 14, 1945. In Germany the film first appeared on January 3, 1951 in a version shortened by 24 minutes, in Austria, however, on April 16, 1949.
For Frank Sinatra the film was a double premiere. It was the first of three film appearances for him with Gene Kelly as a partner and the first film he made for MGM .
One of the most famous scenes is the film sequence in which Joseph (Gene Kelly) enters the animal kingdom. Gene Kelly plays and dances here in front of animated backgrounds and with animated animals as dance partners. The famous cartoon mouse Mickey Mouse was originally intended to be the king of the beasts . However, its creator Walt Disney did not want his character to be used in an MGM film. As a replacement, it was decided to use Jerry the Mouse from the popular Tom and Jerry cartoons . Stanley Donen was the choreographer of these dance scenes . Tom the cat was also there as a butler.
The two sailors who go ashore in San Diego Harbor are serving on the aircraft carrier USS Knoxville . During World War II there was only one ship with that name. It was a frigate that operated not in the Pacific but in the Atlantic Ocean.
The original title Anchors Aweigh is also the title of an American military march, which was composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmermann. In the film, this march is played by the MGM Orchestra under the direction of José Iturbi.
The Mexican Hat Dance ( Jarabe Tapatío ) performed by Gene Kelly and Sharon McManus is a Mexican folk dance. The melody was often used in films as a means of identification for the Mexican people. The tango played in the film that Gene Kelly danced was the most played tango at the time, entitled La Cumparsita , composed by the Uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodríguez .
Web links
- Holidays in Hollywood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Songs and musical numbers in the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vacation in Hollywood in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed December 13, 2011.
- ↑ Cinema , accessed December 13, 2011.
- ↑ Anchors Aweigh. In: Variety . Retrieved on August 4, 2019 : “Anchors Aweigh is solid musical fare. [...] the songs are extremely listenable; the color treatment outstanding. "
- ↑ Article at TCM