Synopsis
Anchors Aweigh (1945) is a Technicolor MGM musical you can watch online on iFILM. Two sailors land four days of shore leave in Hollywood and plan to spend every hour of it stirring up harmless trouble.
Brash Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) agrees to coach his shy buddy Clarence (Frank Sinatra) in the art of romance, but the plan derails the moment a runaway boy turns up — a kid who skipped his aunt's house to enlist. Walking him home drops the pair into the orbit of that aunt, an aspiring singer chasing an audition with conductor José Iturbi.
The film's signature moment still dazzles: Kelly tap-dances a full routine beside Jerry the cartoon mouse, blending live action and animation years before anyone made it look easy. Georgie Stoll's arrangements took home the Oscar for scoring, and a young Sinatra croons like he has nothing left to prove. Stream Anchors Aweigh (1945) online on iFILM.
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