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Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, and believing him to be a draft dodger, leaves him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, and – believing him to be a draft dodger, dodger – leaves him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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''For Me and My Gal'' (1942) is an American Creator/{{MGM}} musical comedy directed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley and starring Creator/JudyGarland and Creator/GeneKelly (the latter in his screen debut).
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Set in 1916, the film centers around the real-life vaudeville duo of Jo Hayden (Garland) and Harry Palmer (Kelly). Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious Palace Theatre on Broadway.
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Set in 1916, the film centers around the real-life vaudeville vaudevillian duo of Jo Hayden (Garland) and Harry Palmer (Kelly). Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious Palace Theatre on Broadway.
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''For Me and My Gal'' (1942) is a musical comedy starring Creator/JudyGarland and Creator/GeneKelly (the latter in film debut) and directed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley.
Set in 1916, Jo Hayden (Garland) joins Harry Palmer (Kelly) in a vaudeville duo. Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious Palace.
UsefulNotes/WorldWarI looms over them as they try to make it big on the circuit, and Harry is drafted soon after hitting the big time. Not wanting to miss his chance at the Palace, he injures his hand to avoid the draft for a few more weeks.
Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, and believing him a draft dodger, leaves him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
Set in 1916, Jo Hayden (Garland) joins Harry Palmer (Kelly) in a vaudeville duo. Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious Palace.
UsefulNotes/WorldWarI looms over them as they try to make it big on the circuit, and Harry is drafted soon after hitting the big time. Not wanting to miss his chance at the Palace, he injures his hand to avoid the draft for a few more weeks.
Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, and believing him a draft dodger, leaves him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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''For Me and My Gal'' (1942) is a an American musical comedy directed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley and starring Creator/JudyGarland and Creator/GeneKelly (the latter in film debut) and directed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley.
his screen debut).
Set in 1916, the film centers around the real-life vaudeville duo of Jo Hayden (Garland)joins and Harry Palmer (Kelly) in a vaudeville duo. (Kelly). Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious Palace.
Palace Theatre on Broadway.
UsefulNotes/WorldWarI looms overthem the couple as they try to make making it big on the circuit, and Harry is drafted soon after hitting the big time. Not wanting to miss his chance at the Palace, he deliberately injures his hand in order to avoid the draft for a few more weeks.
Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, and believing him to be a draft dodger, leaves him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
Set in 1916, the film centers around the real-life vaudeville duo of Jo Hayden (Garland)
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Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, and believing him to be a draft dodger, leaves him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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* RevisedEnding: When the film was initially previewed, the audience was dissatisfied with the ending: they thought that Jo should end up with Jimmy rather than Harry. This prompted Louis B. Mayer to order three weeks of additional shooting to give Kelly's character more of a conscience and to reduce George Murphy's presence in the film.
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Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, thinking and believing him a draft dodger, leaves him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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Jo, on the other hand, is none-too-impressed, thinking him a draft dodger, leaves him, and him. Unfortunately, Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability. Without disability, and without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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Set in 1916, Jo Hayden (Garland) joins Harry Palmer (Kelly) in a vaudeville duo. Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious “Palace.”
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For Me and My Gal (1942) is a musical comedy starring Creator/JudyGarland, Creator/GeneKelly (and in his first film role), and directed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley.
Set in 1916, Jo Hayden (Garland) joins Harry Palmer (Kelly) in a vaudeville duo. Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious “Palace.”
UsefuleNotes/WarWorldOne looms over them as they try to make it big on the circuit, and Harry is drafted soon after hitting the big time. Not wanting to miss his chance at the Palace, he injures his hand to avoid the draft for a few more weeks.
Jo, on the other hand, thinking him a draft dodger, leaves him, and Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability. Without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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*BelatedLoveEpiphany: Jo thinks Harry is going to leave her to perform with another woman, and she begins to cry. Harry’s consolations soon turn into ardous kisses.
-->Harry: Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?
*CasanovaWannabe: Harry definitely likes to play the ladies man, but in reality, he’s not as smooth as he thinks.
*TheDeterminator: Harry is so adamant on playing the Palace that he breaks his hand to avoid the draft.
*DeadpanSnarker: Several instances for Jo especially during her BST period with Harry.
*DraftDodging: Not wanting to miss his chance to play The Palace, he injures his hand to avoid the draft for a few more weeks.
-->Harry’’’: You think anything's going to stand in the way of us playing the Palace this time? Oh no, not even a war.
*DoubleAct: Jo and Harry are Hayden and Palmer, vaudeville act extraordinaire.
*GlamourousWartimeSinger: Jo sings for the Red Cross to cheer up the soldiers.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Harry has, as Jimmy points out, good intentions but goes about them wrong.
*HeroicBSOD: When Jo receives a telegram telling her about her brother’s death, she immediately breaks up with Harry, not waiting for an explanation and disappears.
*HopelessSuitor: Jo Hayden: Gee what do you do when you love somebody so much, and they don't even know you're around?
Jimmy: I dunno, Jo. I guess you just keep right on loving them.
*ImprobableAimingSkills: Harry in his rush to save a truck load of soldiers, shoots and kills several Germans and finishes them with a grenade.
*LoveTriangle: Jo loves Harry, but Jimmy loves Jo.
*TheMusicalMusical: A staple of the early MGM films.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Harry gets two:
Jo: You'll never be big time because you're small time in your heart.
Jimmy K. Metcalf: You know what's been the matter with you? You've been walking around with a picture book villain in your pocket and every once in a while you take a look at it like it was a mirror.
*TomboyishName: Jo Hayden.
*ShowWithInAShow: We get to see several acts throughout the film, but primarily are shown vaudeville routines.
*UnrequitedLove: Jimmy loves Jo but is stuck at the sidelines. He does help Jo and Harry to get back together, so he’s not a bad guy.
*{{Vaudeville}}: Jo and Harry are a double act back when vaudeville was still a viable career.
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For Me and My Gal (1942) is a musical comedy starring Creator/JudyGarland, Creator/GeneKelly (and in his first film role), and directed by Creator/BusbyBerkeley.
Set in 1916, Jo Hayden (Garland) joins Harry Palmer (Kelly) in a vaudeville duo. Jo is hopelessly in love with the ambitious Harry who dreams of playing at the prestigious “Palace.”
UsefuleNotes/WarWorldOne looms over them as they try to make it big on the circuit, and Harry is drafted soon after hitting the big time. Not wanting to miss his chance at the Palace, he injures his hand to avoid the draft for a few more weeks.
Jo, on the other hand, thinking him a draft dodger, leaves him, and Harry’s hand injury turns into a permanent disability. Without Jo, Harry joins the Red Cross to entertain the troops, realizing he let a great gal get away.
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!!Tropes:
*BelatedLoveEpiphany: Jo thinks Harry is going to leave her to perform with another woman, and she begins to cry. Harry’s consolations soon turn into ardous kisses.
-->Harry: Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?
*CasanovaWannabe: Harry definitely likes to play the ladies man, but in reality, he’s not as smooth as he thinks.
*TheDeterminator: Harry is so adamant on playing the Palace that he breaks his hand to avoid the draft.
*DeadpanSnarker: Several instances for Jo especially during her BST period with Harry.
*DraftDodging: Not wanting to miss his chance to play The Palace, he injures his hand to avoid the draft for a few more weeks.
-->Harry’’’: You think anything's going to stand in the way of us playing the Palace this time? Oh no, not even a war.
*DoubleAct: Jo and Harry are Hayden and Palmer, vaudeville act extraordinaire.
*GlamourousWartimeSinger: Jo sings for the Red Cross to cheer up the soldiers.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Harry has, as Jimmy points out, good intentions but goes about them wrong.
*HeroicBSOD: When Jo receives a telegram telling her about her brother’s death, she immediately breaks up with Harry, not waiting for an explanation and disappears.
*HopelessSuitor: Jo Hayden: Gee what do you do when you love somebody so much, and they don't even know you're around?
Jimmy: I dunno, Jo. I guess you just keep right on loving them.
*ImprobableAimingSkills: Harry in his rush to save a truck load of soldiers, shoots and kills several Germans and finishes them with a grenade.
*LoveTriangle: Jo loves Harry, but Jimmy loves Jo.
*TheMusicalMusical: A staple of the early MGM films.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Harry gets two:
Jo: You'll never be big time because you're small time in your heart.
Jimmy K. Metcalf: You know what's been the matter with you? You've been walking around with a picture book villain in your pocket and every once in a while you take a look at it like it was a mirror.
*TomboyishName: Jo Hayden.
*ShowWithInAShow: We get to see several acts throughout the film, but primarily are shown vaudeville routines.
*UnrequitedLove: Jimmy loves Jo but is stuck at the sidelines. He does help Jo and Harry to get back together, so he’s not a bad guy.
*{{Vaudeville}}: Jo and Harry are a double act back when vaudeville was still a viable career.
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