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“Back in 1944, MGM signed up some skinny Italian singer to do a picture with me called ‘Anchors Aweigh’. Of course, this skinny kid at that time was the idol of all the females in America. When he sang, they swooned. And yet, he presented the studio a problem in giving him a characterization in motion pictures. It was simply that he was the complete antithesis of the superstars of that era, like Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, etc. How could you make a leading man out of a fellow you could lift off the floor with one hand? We all, of course, Frank included, found the answer; put him in a sailor suit and make his looks work for him. And we did - and it worked. Francis Albert Sinatra in Anchors Aweigh played the shyest and most timid sailor in the United States Fleet.”

-Gene Kelly

Jumpin’ Gene Kelly :)

“Back in 1944, MGM signed up some skinny Italian singer to do a picture with me called ‘Anchors Aweigh’. Of course, this skinny kid at that time was the idol of all the females in America. When he sang, they swooned. And yet, he presented the studio a problem in giving him a characterization in motion pictures. It was simply that he was the complete antithesis of the superstars of that era, like Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Errol Flynn, etc. How could you make a leading man out of a fellow you could lift off the floor with one hand? We all, of course, Frank included, found the answer; put him in a sailor suit and make his looks work for him. And we did - and it worked. Francis Albert Sinatra in Anchors Aweigh played the shyest and most timid sailor in the United States Fleet.”

-Gene Kelly

Jumpin’ Gene Kelly :)

“Gene’s interested in everything.  In every phase of picture making, of people, the arts, of politics, of - of everything.  And - and this quality can be irritating in a friend, as you probably know - he’s good at everything.  He’s even good at being lazy, sarcastic, and bad-tempered.  It’s those last which keep him out of the ranks of men you just admire and - to me - lifts him to being the sort of guy you can get mad at, and love.” - Isobel Lennart, 1946

Screenwriter for “Anchors Aweigh.”

WHY DID THIS HAVE TO END

OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD

Jumpin’ Gene Kelly :)

Kelly’s next film was neither about forging new territory nor about advancing the musical. 

“He didn’t really want to do it but he did do it and he did it for Judy’s sake and she was going through one of the most wretched periods of her professional career during the making of that movie.” -Clive Hirschhorn

Summer Stock was to be Garland’s last film at MGM and Kelly realized it had come full circle and he was now repaying her for the support she had shown him in For Me and My Gal.

“There’s a sense of generosity there of not kind of prodding her but rather playing to her. He’s a fairly tough guy so watching him do this total opposite thing, showing compassion. It was kind of… remarkable.“ -Elvis Mitchell

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer, 2002

“Gene’s interested in everything.  In every phase of picture making, of people, the arts, of politics, of - of everything.  And - and this quality can be irritating in a friend, as you probably know - he’s good at everything.  He’s even good at being lazy, sarcastic, and bad-tempered.  It’s those last which keep him out of the ranks of men you just admire and - to me - lifts him to being the sort of guy you can get mad at, and love.” - Isobel Lennart, 1946

Screenwriter for “Anchors Aweigh.”

Fox Mulder, a man of words

Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds and Gene Kelly in “Singin’ In The Rain”, 1952

Mandatory re-blog of SITR gifs :)

I love this movie so much💘