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...sailors on a 24-hour fling in Manhattan. Chip (Frank Sinatra) and Ozzie (Jules Munshin) quickly team up with a pretty man-eating cab driver (Betty Garrett) and a man-crazy anthropology student (Ann Miller). Meanwhile, Gabey (Actor-Director Kelly) scours the town looking for his ideal: Miss Turnstiles (Vera-Ellen), the girl-of-the-month on the subway posters...
Despite the lapse, the picture leaves its fleetly traveled route strewn with ingratiating performances, serviceable tunes and clever lyrics, first-rate dances (especially Vera-Ellen's Miss Turnstiles Ballet) and lighthearted comedy, including a neat spoof of Manhattan nightclubs. It also leaves a happy impression that M-G-M has hit upon a bright new idiom for cine-musicals and a bright new directing team that knows...
...Dancer Vera Zorina divorced...
...most of British history, Englishmen have been able to take zither music-or leave it to the Tyrolese. Last week, nonetheless, the humble, lap-sized stringed instrument was the musical rage of London. Recording sales were rivaling such alltime British favorites as Gracie Fields and Vera Lynn...
...Born. To Vera Zorina (Brigitta Hartwig Lieberson), 32, Berlin-born Norwegian prima ballerina turned musicomedienne (I Married an Angel, Louisiana Purchase), and Goddard Lieberson, 38, vice president and member of the board of directors of Columbia Records, Inc.: their second child, second son; in Manhattan. Name: Jonathan Sears. Weight...