On the Town

classified U

part of NYC On Film

Film

Please note: This was screened in April 2024

Director
Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Cast
Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett
Details
98 mins, 1949, USA
Primary language
English

Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin traverse the ‘wonderful town’ as sailors in this remarkable musical.

The three eventually find romance and love at the top of the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Centre, next to a collapsing dinosaur at the Natural History Museum and on Coney Island.

On the Town is a love letter to the the city that never sleeps with some of the greatest movie songs of all time.

Screening in partnership with Bristol Ideas. Part of Festival of the Future City.


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