On the Town

Gene Kelly (director, starring)
Stanley Donen (director)
Adolph Green, Betty Comden (screenwriters)
Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Vera-Ellen (starring)

N.p. N.p., Circa 1949. Vintage reference photograph from the 1949 film musical, showing director and actor Gene Kelly in uniform as Gabey, laughing in the clouds with a typically leggy Vera-Ellen. Annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on the verso.

Based on the 1944 stage musical by Adolph Green, Betty Comden, and Leonard Bernstein. Three US Navy sailors on 24 hour shore leave hit the streets of New York searching for romance and pleasure.

Set and shot on location in New York.

10 x 8 inches. About Fine.

National Film Registry.


[Book #171012]