The Harvey Girls

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Harvey Girls, 1946.

TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Robert Osborne Introduces The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Proof there are good scenes not featuring Judy Garland, the judge (Preston Foster) enters the Alhambra where Em (Angela Lansbury) offers a Harry Warren-Johnny Mercer tune, and his partner Trent (John Hodiak) opines that the reputable new restaurant is no threat, in The Harvey Girls, 1946.

An eternal favorite non-musical scene for Judy Garland enthusiasts, as virtuous Harvey waitress Susan, packing heat as she attacks the decadent Alhambra club to retrieve stolen beef, Angela Lansbury, Chill Wills and others standing back, George Sidney directing, in The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Fans of Virginia O'Brien will know that no specialty number ever fit her better, as willful Alma, to whom blacksmith Chris (Ray Bolger) has just confessed his fear of horses, George Sidney directing, tune by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, in MGM's The Harvey Girls, 1946.

Harvey Girls, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe

Straitlaced waitresses battle saloon girls to win the West for domesticity in The Harvey Girls (1946), a musical romance starring Judy Garland and featuring the hit song, "On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe."