I love these old musicals where they seemed to throw in everyone under contract with the studio. I love the classical music, with Iturbi's very old school highly arched fingers doing amazing things on the keyboard while he also conducted. I love bringing in the next generation of performers. I love the silliness. I love Gene Kelly giving the studio insurance agents palpitations in the bandit scene and calling Kathryn Grayson "Aunt Susie." I love the whole wonderful mishmash. There's something for everyone and if it runs long, well, you can pick which musical number to miss for your bathroom break. :) I wish all the songs were credited at the end but that wasn't the custom then. This has one of my two favorite on screen renditions of the Hungarian Rhapsody. The other was done by Bugs Bunny being bedeviled by a mouse. These musicals are time capsules of great talents, fashions, musical tastes, and movie techniques. I've seen this many times and I hope to see it many more.
Review of Anchors Aweigh
