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Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly Collection (Take Me Out to the Ball Game / On the Town / Anchors Aweigh) (1945)
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| Starring: | Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson, Dean Stockwell, Esther Williams, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Vera-Ellen |
| Director: | Stanley Donen, Busby Berkeley, Gene Kelly, George Sidney |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Year: | 1945 |
| Studio: | Warner Home Video |
| Length: | 331 minutes |
| Released: | May 13, 2008 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | Color, NTSC |
| Language: | English(Original Language), English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS:
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly play ball in a big way as 1900s vaudevillians who spend the winter flinging the onstage blarney and the summer flinging the ol' horsehide for baseball's world champs, the Wolves.
Sinatra is second sacker Dennis Ryan and Kelly is shortstop Eddie O'Brien in this Busby Berkeley-directed romp that combines baseball with that other all-American pastime: romance. Esther Williams plays the new team owner and Betty Garrett is a Baseball Annie with eyes for blue-eyed Ryan. Kelly and Stanley Donen's deft musical stagings ranged from a softshoe duet charmer to an exciting "barrel roll" Kelly solo. Their work persuaded producer Arthur Freed to green-light their direction of the same year's On the Town.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Deleted Musical Numbers "Baby Doll" and "Boys and Girls like You and Me"
- Notes on Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly
- 3 Theatrical Trailers
On the Town (1949)
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town -- especially when sailors Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin have a 24 hour shore leave to see the sights - and when those sights include Ann Miller, Betty Garrett and Vera-Ellen.
Co-directed by Kelly and Stanley Donen, based on the Broadway hit and set to an Academy Award winning adaptation score, On The Town changed the landscape of movie musicals, opening filmmakers' eyes to what could be done on location. And when brilliant location and studio production numbers are blended, it could be -- as here -- ebullient, up-and-at-'em perfection . The Bronx is up and the Battery's down, but no one can be down after going On The Town.
BONUS FEATURES:
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Given free reign in choreographing Anchors Aweigh, Gene Kelly was eager to do the unexpected. But what? "How about doing a dance with a cartoon?" collaborator and friend Stanley Donen asked.
How about it indeed. Kelly's live-action fancy footwork with animated Jerry (of Tom and Jerry) remains a milestone of movie fantasy. Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson also headline this wartime tale of two sailors on leave in Hollywood. Sinatra's "I Fall in Love Too Easily", the exuberant Kelly/Sinatra "We Have to Leave" and other highlights helped Anchors Aweigh weigh in with an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, plus four more Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Actor (Kelly).
BONUS FEATURES:
- Archival Interview with Animation Legends William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
- Excerpt from the MGM: When the Lion Roars Documentary Series
- 3 Theatrical Trailers
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