On the town

Resource Information

The work On the town represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in San Francisco Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

On the town

Statement of responsibility

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Silver Anniversary Picture ; Produced by Loew's Incorporated ; producer, Arthur Freed ; screen play, Adolph Green, Betty Comden ; directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen

Creator

• On the town (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Munshin, Jules, 1915-1970
• Pearce, Alice, 1917-1966
• Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988
• Salinger, Conrad
• Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998
• Vera-Ellen, 1921-1981
• Winters, Ralph E.
• Comden, Betty
• Donen, Stanley
• Edens, Roger
• Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973
• Garrett, Betty, 1919-2011
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
• Green, Adolph
• Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971
• Bates, Florence, 1888-1954
• Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
• Meader, George, 1888-1963
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Miller, Ann, 1923-2004
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Actor

• Garrett, Betty, 1919-2011
• Bates, Florence, 1888-1954
• Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
• Meader, George, 1888-1963
• Miller, Ann, 1923-2004
• Munshin, Jules, 1915-1970
• Pearce, Alice, 1917-1966
• Vera-Ellen, 1921-1981
• Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998

Arranger of music

• Salinger, Conrad

Director

• Donen, Stanley
• Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996

Director of photography

• Rosson, Harold, 1895-1988

Editor of moving image work

• Winters, Ralph E.

Lyricist

• Green, Adolph
• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
• Comden, Betty

Musical director

• Hayton, Lennie, 1908-1971

Producer

• Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973

Production company

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Publisher

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Green, Adolph
• Comden, Betty

Subject

• Sailors -- Leaves and furloughs -- Drama
• New York (N.Y.) -- Drama
• Musical films
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Green, Adolph -- Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Courtship -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Comden, Betty -- Film adaptations
• United States, Navy -- Leaves and furloughs -- Drama
• Bernstein, Leonard -- Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Sailors -- United States -- Drama

Genre

• Musical films
• Fiction films
• Comedy films
• Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

Sailors Gabie, Chip, and Ozzie have a 24-hour leave in New York. Chip wants to sightsee, but the only sights Gabie and Ozzie are interested in are of the female variety

Member of

• Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly collection
• Frank Sinatra collection (Turner Entertainment Co.)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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• SXr332q2bMs

Credits note

'New York, New York', 'Miss Turnstiles' dance, 'Come up to my place, ' and 'A day in New York' ballet composed by Leonard Bernstein ; musical director, Lennie Hayton ; orchestrations, Conrad Salinger ; vocal arrangements, Saul Chaplin ; additional songs: music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Adolph Green, Betty Comden ; film editor, Ralph E. Winters ; director of photography, Harold Rosson

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Language note

English or dubbed French dialogue tracks ; optional English or French subtitles ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.O5 2008

PerformerNote

Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen, Florence Bates, Alice Pearce, George Meader

Runtime

98

Series statement

• Frank Sinatra collection
• Frank Sinatra. The Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly collection

Technique

live action