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For Me and My Gal

1942 · 104 min

A warm, nostalgic musical with catchy tunes and earnest romance, lightened by vaudeville comedy but shadowed by wartime sacrifice.

Tagline
She's a Yankee Doodle Girlie!
Overview
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • war
  • ambition
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism6
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, war
Directed by
Busby Berkeley
Written by
Sid Silvers, Fred F. Finklehoffe, Richard Sherman
Starring
Judy Garland, George Murphy, Gene Kelly, Mártha Eggerth, Ben Blue, Stephen McNally, Lester Dorr, Ernie Alexander
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
104 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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