No Place Like Movies at Home: One the Town

Now I am at the new official start of my movies... be prepared for a LOT of Frank Sinatra for a while. The first of my Frank Sinatra collections is a set of three movies that Mr. Sinatra did with Gene Kelly. These three movies are some of the most memorable and heartwarming musicals to ever be created. The first of the three is On the Town.

This 1949 movie is about three sailors who have only 24 hours in the great city of New York before they have to report back to work on the ship for who only knows how long. They are ready for all of the adventures that New York City has for them.... so they think. Chip, Sinatra, wants to take in all the sites his grandfather saw when he was young. The museums, the shows, the most popular places to go. He his his grandfather's tour book.... from 1904. Gabey, Kelly, wants to take in the sites as well. Instead of pretty buildings, he wants to take in pretty girls. Ozzie, Munshin, wants to do a little bit of everything! When they hit the subway Gabey sees the most beautiful girl, on a poster that is. The hunt begin to find this girl in the city that never sleeps.... and they find that 24 hours is not nearly has much time as they think. However, they find that you can find love just about around every corner in New York!

Out of the three movies in the collection this on in my favorite! I love the leading men, and with the leading ladies being Ann Miller, Betty Garrett and Vera-Ellen, it's a very hard movie to resist. I will say that this is also the movie that really had me fall in love with vintage clothing. I watched this movie, again, about 10 years ago and could not get Ann Miller's green dress out of my mind. Then I found it for sale on Tatyana's Vintage clothing website and bought it right then and there. I have had very few other vintage style dresses at this point but to have one come to life was something that was really cool!

This movie also show cases Jules Munshin much better as well. I believe this was the very next role he had after the cameo in Easter Parade. It shows that he is a great dancer, singer, and comedic actor. He keeps right up with Kelly and Sinatra through it all.

If there are people out there who say that they don't like musicals but want to try but have no idea where to begin, this is one of the best ones to start them out with. It's fun, funny, sweet, has some really great songs, and it' just a lighthearted affair. This will always be a movie that I come back to. This will always be a movie that I can enjoy.