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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1949 DVD Release: 05/02/2000 Format: DVD - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 38 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Musical, Musical Comedy See Also: On the Town, On the Town

Three sailors on a 24-hour pass -- Gabey (Gene Kelly), Chip (Frank Sinatra), and Ozzie (Jules Munshin) -- decide to soak up the sights and sounds of New York. Each one finds romance within those 24 hours: Gabey with aspiring dancer Ivy Smith (Vera-Ellen), Chip with lady cabbie Hildy Esterhazy (Betty Garrett), and Ozzie with paleontology student Claire Huddesten (Ann Miller). That's all, right? Wellll....Ivy passes herself off as a celebrity, but she's actually a kootch dancer in Coney Island. Claire and the boys inadvertently topple a dinosaur replica at the Museum of Anthropological History. And Hildy breaks any number of speeding laws attempting to get the lovers together and straighten out all misunderstandings. Adapted from the Broadway musical by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Leonard Bernstein, On the Town is one of the freshest, most exhilarating musicals turned out by the old MGM regime. The stars' verve and camaraderie are contagious, and the songs are staged by legendary musical director Stanley Donen and Kelly himself with wit and innovation. Highlights include the opening "New York, New York" number, shot on location and flat-cutting from one image to another at a dizzying pace, and Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen's ""Miss Turnstyles Ballet."" ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Gene Kelly - Gabey
Frank Sinatra - Chip
Betty Garrett - Brunhilde Esterhazy
Ann Miller - Claire Huddesen
Jules Munshin - Ozzie

Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's New York musical On the Town comes to DVD with a standard full-frame 1.33:1 image (as any film produced before 1955 should). English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. Subtitles are accessible in both of these languages as well. Supplemental materials are limited to a theatrical trailer. Fans of movie-musicals will most certainly want to give this competent, if uninspired, disc a look. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide