ANCHORS AWEIGH ('45): "I Begged Her"

A pair of sailors on leave try to help a movie extra become a singing star.
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[@josianemartins324]

Gene always got the moves and Frank always has the voice...what a duo!!

[@sandihaslage3976]

Gene had the looks the dance AND the Voice

[@mollykoenig7009]

Gene was a MASTER at choreographing for his partners. Frank, the darling, was only capable of so much, so Gene thought up flashy, quick, but technically relatively simple numbers to accommodate him. Comparing this to the routines he put together with Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain? Miles apart, but damn Frank looks good here, don't he?

[@JoeHarkinsHimself]

This ballroom converted to a dormitory is exactly how the Louisville Service Men's Club looked in 1954. I spent a few Saturday nights there rather than take the free bus back to Fort Knox at 8pm. For 25cents you got a cot for the night and a hot breakfast on Sunday Morning.

[@MADEbySOUL]

Remember when people used to sing like this? I enjoy today's variety because it adds diversity but there is such a charm and skill when it came to singing from the 40's.

[@claireosborne692]

Sirama classy calm warm just beautiful 💖

[@bebopuser]

its called crooning and was really a thing back in the beatnik era specially in early swing performances

[@rt8532]

Of course, Frank couldn’t dance like Kelly, but boy…what a voice. The best there ever was!

[@michaelvega6646]

Rip Gene Kelly 1912-1996
Frank Sinatra 1915-1998

[@lachlangreer4905]

The other great duo of Kelly and Sinatra

[@Bageera63]

I remember Robert Osborne talking about this scene & how Gene taught Frank how to dance.

[@virginiwoolf]

Oh those boys ....😁

[@liberte5847]

Merci beaucoup from Paris France 👍 👍 👍

[@cate4890]

Frank did a fantastic job. He’s not known for dancing.

[@Nick-ty9us]

I heard that he and Gene Kelly spent a lot of time practicing the moves

[@Nick-ty9us]

by 1955 10 years after this Sinatra’s singing voice didn’t sound like that anymore

[@raquelpereira7003]

The Voice

[@Nick-ty9us]

This is a very young Frank Sinatra before his rat pack days

[@Howrider65]

Hey Frank, you cover is on wrong.

[@TerezinhadejesusPereiraD-fc7ql]

Traduzir em português

[@badeggontheyoutube145]

A primeira estrofe (a do gene kelly) fica mais ou menos assim: Eu pedi a ela, eu implorei
Eu disse a ela: "Querida, saia da sua concha"
Eu disse a ela: "Talvez você descubra que é ótimo"
Eu argumentei, eu ameacei
Eu disse: "Você não pode me mandar para casa, não assim"
Então eu finalmente consegui meu beijo
Aí a do Frank Sinatra é basicamente a mesma coisa mas ao invés de "eu implorei a ela" é "ela me implorou"

[@MiaWallace85]

2:15

[@spiceyboogerspiceybooger6437]

I was a weird little girl I loved Gene Kelly and Elvis to the amusement of my mother and grandmother, annoyance of my brother and straight hatred of the rest of the family...I stll love them😁

[@jeanhewett4267]

Same here

[@ghjkkdkdlzzw4862]

God, it's so beautiful to watch Gene dance, his moves are smoooth

[@rosieistyping544]

Sinatra is adorable in this movie 😍😍

[@sparrow-we7ip]

Ahh Frank and Gene, the two guys who always lied about kissing girls

[@Mr.Henry_25_26]

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[@MsMadKim]

Wow I haven't seen this one but I would love to see it especially on a rainy day

[@MsMadKim]

LostCinemaChannel ok thanks for letting me know! I'll definitely watch it 😄