Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSoldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.Soldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.Soldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.
- Leo Kardos
- (as Billy Roy)
- Trustee
- (uncredited)
- Father
- (uncredited)
- Jitterbugging G.I.
- (uncredited)
- Man in Montage
- (uncredited)
- Corporal
- (uncredited)
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
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- AnecdotesAndré Previn, who provided the unseen piano solos for the film, received his first onscreen credit for It Happened in Brooklyn (1947). Previn, who was only 17 at the time of production, had been a member of the M-G-M music department for several years prior to his work on this film. Previn went on to work as both a composer and conductor for many films and won a number of Academy® Awards before becoming principal conductor of the London Symphony and other internationally known orchestras.
- GaffesA running joke in the gym is that Danny is so skinny that he needs the weight of a baseball to make a teeter-totter descend. It goes up and down as he and Nick toss a baseball back and forth. At the last pass, the teeter-totter descends before Danny catches the ball.
- Citations
Nick Lombardi: Jamie, we're having a little argument. What color are Annie's eyes?
Jamie Shellgrove: Dark Brown. But in the light they've got little golden flecks.
Danny Webson Miller: How tall is she compared to you?
Jamie Shellgrove: When she's wearing high heels, she comes to here, and low heels, to here.
Danny Webson Miller: Uh, what color nail polish does she use?
Jamie Shellgrove: None. Her hands are like a little girl's. And that perfume she uses, that's like a little girl's too... so clean and soapy. But you know the cutest thing about her? You can always tells when she's going to smile. Just a second before she wrinkles up her nose. Always.
- Générique farfeluOpening credits are shown over a drawing of the Brooklyn bridge.
- ConnexionsEdited into Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
- Bandes originalesWhose Baby Are You
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Jule Styne
Copyright 1947 by Sinatra Songs, Inc.
Sung briefly by Frank Sinatra while playing the piano (dubbed by André Previn)
Later sung and danced by Peter Lawford
'It Happened in Brooklyn' may not be one of the all-time greats, but the talent it promised was immense and that talent was more than lived up to. More could have been done with the ending. It could have done with being much more rounded off and less unsatisfyingly abrupt.
Another flaw is that 'It Happened in Brooklyn' (am not sure whether this is going to be a popular opinion) also did very little to cure my general indifference to Peter Lawford, not even giving him a swing number, who again brings little charm and personality and his trademark stuffy, pompous character is annoying. The role also displayed his limited acting, awkward dancing and his inability to sing a note in tune.
However, the production values are very pleasing to look at and beautifully shot, the lack of Technicolor didn't bother me at all. The music is wonderful and beautifully and entertainingly choreographed, the highlights being the timeless and ageless "Time After Time" and the show-stopping and enormously enjoyable "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart" between Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Durante. In terms of the operatic excerpts, "La Ci Darem La Mano" from Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' also comes off well, with Sinatra sounding remarkably lovely in operatic music and "The Bell Song" from Delibes' 'Lakme' is enchantingly sung by Kathryn Grayson and for a long aria doesn't stop the film dead.
While at times fluffy, the script is also very witty and so much fun and endearing that it is very difficult to fall for its charm. For a "classic era" MGM musical too, the story is actually pretty good, somewhat silly but it is more eventful, better paced and easier to remember than most. The direction does nothing to undermine the visuals or the impact of the songs.
The performances, with the exception of Lawford, are very good indeed. Sinatra is immensely likable in the lead, and Durante is a hoot, managing to still be hilarious even when slightly subdued. Grayson is spunky and charming, with the voice of a nightingale. Gloria Grahame also shows up and does a lovely job in a role that is somewhat underused.
On the whole, brings so much joy as long as not too much is demanded. 8/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- 4 sept. 2016
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- Durée1 heure 44 minutes
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