For Me And My Gal

For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly (in his film debut), George Murphy, Martha Eggerth, and Ben Blue. The screenplay was written by Richard Sherman, Fred F. Finklehoffe, and Sid Silvers, based on Howard Emmett Rogers' narrative, which was inspired by a true story of vaudeville actors Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden after Palmer was enlisted into World War I. The picture was produced by MGM's Arthur Freed team.

Garland worked frequently with Busby Berkeley, the bombastic, visual language-defining director from MGM's old generation, and Gene Kelly, a song-and-dance guy like no other. In 1942, the trio teamed up for a terrific picture, For Me and My Gal, even if it wasn't the best of any coupling.

For Me and My Gal, released in the midst of World War II, looked to how vaudeville worked during World War I for a then-contemporary connection between entertainment and world battles. As Jo Hayden, Garland performed admirably as the film's protagonist.

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Directed by: Busby Berkeley

Release date: October 21, 1942

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034746