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Two girls and a sailor / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; Loew's Incorporated ; produced by Joe Pasternak ; original screen play by Richard Connell and Gladys Lehman ; directed by Richard Thorpe.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSeries: Archive collectionPublication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video ; [New York, N.Y.] : Turner Entertainment Co., ©2009.Description: 1 videodisc (125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • 2 girls and a sailor
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; editor, George Boemler ; musical director, Georgie Stoll ; vocal arrangements, Kay Thompson ; dance direction, Sammy Lee.
Awards:
  • Nominee, Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman), 1945 Academy Awards.
Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Jimmy Durante, Tom Drake, Henry Stephenson, Henry O'Neill, Donald Meek, Frank Sully, Frank Jenks, with José Iturbi, Amparo Novarro, Gracie Allen, Lena Horne, Harry James and his Music Makers, Helen Forrest, Xavier Cugat and his orchestra, Lina Romay, Ben Blue, Carlos Ramirez, Albert Coates, Virginia O'Brien, the Wilde Twins.Summary: A singing-dancing sister act is helped by a mysterious "somebody" who buys them an empty warehouse, where they can open up an ideal canteen to entertain the servicemen. Courtship by the Army & Navy, the mystery of who "somebody" might be, and a multitude of musical numbers occupy their time at the canteen.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD COMEDY Two girl Available 33111009516903
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Two Girls and a Sailor is another of those all-star, no-plot wartime musicals turned out by the bushel basket in the 1940s. Its lack of nuance does not lessen its entertainment value in the least. Gloria DeHaven and June Allyson play a couple of well-meaning sisters who stage their own USO shows in their apartment for the benefit of visiting servicemen. They'd like to expand their show, so GI Van Johnson, who happens to be a millionaire, buys an empty factory and has it converted into a canteen. A trivial love triangle develops, but who cares? Bring on the stars! In the case of Two Girls and a Sailor, the celebrity lineup includes Jimmy Durante, Lena Horne, Jose Iturbi, Xavier Cugat, Grace Allen (performing her immortal "Concerto for Index Finger"), Harry James, Helen Forrest, and, in an amusing uncredited cameo, Buster Keaton (Also: keep a sharp eye out for Ava Gardner) ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD-R ; NTSC ; full screen (1.33:1: 4 x 3) ; Dolby Digital mono.

This is a recorded disc and may not play on all drives or DVD players.

In English.

Van Johnson, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Jimmy Durante, Tom Drake, Henry Stephenson, Henry O'Neill, Donald Meek, Frank Sully, Frank Jenks, with José Iturbi, Amparo Novarro, Gracie Allen, Lena Horne, Harry James and his Music Makers, Helen Forrest, Xavier Cugat and his orchestra, Lina Romay, Ben Blue, Carlos Ramirez, Albert Coates, Virginia O'Brien, the Wilde Twins.

Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; editor, George Boemler ; musical director, Georgie Stoll ; vocal arrangements, Kay Thompson ; dance direction, Sammy Lee.

A singing-dancing sister act is helped by a mysterious "somebody" who buys them an empty warehouse, where they can open up an ideal canteen to entertain the servicemen. Courtship by the Army & Navy, the mystery of who "somebody" might be, and a multitude of musical numbers occupy their time at the canteen.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.

Not rated.

Nominee, Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Richard Connell, Gladys Lehman), 1945 Academy Awards.

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