For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal

1942 | 1h 44m | Drama, Musical | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

Young vaudeville performers Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden dream of stardom, but the United States enters World War I and Harry receives his draft notice, trapping the two between their obligation to each other's dreams and their duty to their country.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Busby Berkeley

CAST

Judy Garland

Gene Kelly

George Murphy

Mártha Eggerth

Ben Blue

Stephen McNally

Richard Quine

PRODUCERS

Arthur Freed

WRITERS

Fred Finklehoffe

Richard Sherman

Sid Silvers

Host Intros

01:59
Alicia Malone Intro -- For Me And My Gal (1942)
Intro Aired: Aug 2018
TCM's Alicia Malone introduces For Me And My Gal, 1942.
01:29
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- For Me And My Gal (1942)
Intro Aired: Apr 2016
Ben Mankiewicz introduces For Me And My Gal, 1942.

Related Videos

04:50
For Me And My Gal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Title Tune
Clip
Vaudevillian Harry (Gene Kelly) pitching Jo (Judy Garland) on forming their own act, the famous song by George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie and E. Ray Goetz, Busby Berkeley directing, in the 1942 hit from MGM's Arthur Freed unit, For Me And My Gal.
03:19
For Me And My Gal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Where Do We Go From Here?
Clip
A blitz of World War I era tunes, including Cohan's Over There, Judy Garland as Jo and Gene Kelly as Harry (with partner Ben Blue), entertaining the American troops in their now separate acts, in MGM's For Me And My Gal, 1942.
03:42
For Me And My Gal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Topping This Bill
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Opening scene, vaudeveillians arriving in an Iowa town, 1916, George Murphy as Jimmy, Ben Blue as Sid, Judy Garland as Jo and Gene Kelly as cocky Harry, in the Busby Berkeley and MGM Freed Unit backstage musical hit, For Me And My Gal, 1942.
02:12
For Me and My Gal - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
An unscrupulous song-and-dance man uses his wife and his best friend to get ahead in For Me and My Gal (1942) with Gene Kelly & Judy Garland.

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