Anchors Aweigh (film)

Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh
	Original promotional poster
Directed by	George Sidney
Screenplay by	Isobel Lennart
Based on	You Can't Fool a Marine; 1943 story in This Week; by Natalie Marcin
Produced by	Joe Pasternak
Starring	Frank Sinatra; Kathryn Grayson; Gene Kelly; José Iturbi; Dean Stockwell; Pamela Britton; "Rags" Ragland; Billy Gilbert; Henry O'Neill;
Cinematography	Charles P. Boyle; Robert H. Planck;
Edited by	Adrienne Fazan
Music by	Georgie Stoll
Color process	Technicolor
Production; companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; MGM Cartoons (animated sequences);
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	July 19, 1945 (New York City);
Running time	140 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.6 million
Box office	$7.5 million

Anchors Aweigh is a 1945 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney, starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, and Gene Kelly, with songs by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn. The film also features José Iturbi, Pamela Britton, Dean Stockwell, and Sharon McManus.

The plot concerns two sailors on a four-day shore leave in Hollywood, who meet a young boy and his aunt, an aspiring young singer, and try to help her get an audition for José Iturbi at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In a live-action/animated fantasy sequence, Kelly dances with Jerry Mouse, the cartoon mouse of the Tom and Jerry series, and Tom Cat has a brief cameo appearance.

The film received mixed reviews but it became a financial success.

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