On the Town is a 1949 musical film with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an adaptation of the Broadway stage musical of the same name
produced in 1944, although many changes in script and score were made
from the original stage version; for instance, most of Bernstein's music
was dropped in favor of new songs by Edens, who disliked the majority
of the Bernstein score, for being too complex and too operatic. This
caused Bernstein to boycott the film.
The film was directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, and stars Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, and Vera-Ellen and features Alice Pearce. It was a product of producer Arthur Freed's Unit at MGM, and is notable for its combination of studio and location filming, as a result of Gene Kelly's insistence that some scenes be shot in New York City itself, including at the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Rockefeller Center.
The film was an instant success and won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography (Color). Screenwriters Comden and Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical.
In 2006, this film version ranked #19 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals.
Theatrical release poster
The film was directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, and stars Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, and Vera-Ellen and features Alice Pearce. It was a product of producer Arthur Freed's Unit at MGM, and is notable for its combination of studio and location filming, as a result of Gene Kelly's insistence that some scenes be shot in New York City itself, including at the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Rockefeller Center.
The film was an instant success and won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography (Color). Screenwriters Comden and Green won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical.
In 2006, this film version ranked #19 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals.
| Directed by | Gene Kelly Stanley Donen |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Arthur Freed Roger Edens |
| Screenplay by | Adolph Green Betty Comden |
| Based on | On the Town by Adolph Green and Betty Comden |
| Starring | Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Ann Miller Betty Garrett |
| Music by | Leonard Bernstein Roger Edens Adolph Green Betty Comden Conrad Salinger (Uncredited) |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Editing by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) |
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| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,900,000 (US rentals)[1] [2] |
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