For Me and My Gal
film by Berkeley [1942]
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contribution by Berkeley
- In Busby Berkeley: Later films
For Me and My Gal (1942) was all his, with Gene Kelly and Garland as 1915 vaudeville performers. It was a hit, but there was friction between Berkeley and Garland. That tension and going over budget led to his removal from Garland and Rooney’s next…
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role of Kelly
- In Gene Kelly: Films of the 1940s: Cover Girl, Anchors Aweigh, The Pirate, and On the Town
…debut opposite Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (1942), immediately endearing himself to moviegoers with his carefree acting and spontaneous athletic dancing style. It was not until he was loaned to Columbia Pictures to costar in the Rita Hayworth musical Cover Girl (1944) that he was able to…
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