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THE HARVEY GIRLS
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CREDITS
1946, 101 minutes, Technicolor.
Producer, Arthur Freed; Director, George Sidney; Screenplay, Edmond Beloin, Nathaniel Curtis, Harry Crane, James O'Hanlon, Samuel Raphaelson and Kay Van Riper; Music Direction, Lennie Hayton; Choreography, Robert Alton; Cinematography, George Folsey.
CAST
Susan Bradley, Judy Garland; Ned Trent, John Hodiak; Chris Maule, Ray Bolger; Em, Angela Lansbury; Judge Sam Purvis; Preston Foster; Alma, Virginia O'Brien; Terry O'Halloran, Kenny Baker; Sonora Cassidy, Marjorie Main; Miss Bliss, Selena Royle; Deborah, Cyd Charisse; Ethel, Ruth Brady.
SONGS
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe; In the Valley; The Wild Wild West; Wait and See; The Train Must Be Fed; Swing Your Partner Round and Round; It's a Great Big World; Oh You Kid by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer.
NOTES
"Garland was enchanting. . .and there was good work too from Ray Bolger, Virginia O'Brien (marvelous in "The Wild Wild West") and Angela Lansbury."
- Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical
"An abundance of chromatic spectacle and an uncommonly good score."
- New York Times
"The central conceit of glorifying progress and moral uplift in a musical comedy set in New Mexico in the 1880s is certainly a strange one, but it worked out surprisingly well - though the charm is mostly heavy."
- Pauline Kael, 5001 Nights At The Movies
Vocals for Cyd Charisse were dubbed by Betty Russell.
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION:
Scoring of a Musical Picture
ACADEMY AWARD WINNER:
Best Song - "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
HARVARD LAMPOON WORST FILM AWARD WINNER
The Harvey Girls was one of the top-grossing films of 1946. See Box Office Hits
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