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Information
- Year
- 1946
- Runtime
- 102 min.
- Director
- George Sidney
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical, Western
- Rating *
- 7.1
- Votes *
- 2,470
- Checks
- 447
- Favs
- 20
- Dislikes
- 3
- Favs/checks
- 4.5% (1:22)
- Favs/dislikes
- 7:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Though The Harvey Girls were real - wholesome waitresses sent to work in railway line restaurants across the U.S., including the Old West - their "civilizing influence" on that part of the world is probably more myth than reality. But what a great premise for a bright, sparkly period musical! Judy Garland is without question the star, and it's her across-the-tracks romance that's of interest (and her rivalry with a hardened showgirl played by Angela Lansbury), but the film does make this a bit of an ensemble piece, with other Harvey Girls getting romantic subplots (including Cyd Charisse before she was a headliner). I won't claim to be very interested in the secondary girls or their numbers, but many of the smaller parts in the film are memorable and fun. Most interestingly, the villains are more dangerous than you'd expect from a fluffy musical with amusing song and dance numbers (let's learn that new-fangled dance, the waltz!). But yeah, that crooked judge is right out of an Anthony Mann movie. The Harvey Girls works as a western, as a musical, and as a romance. Good fun. 3 years 10 months ago