For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, in his screen debut, and George Murphy. The movie was written by Richard Sherman, Fred F. Finklehoffe and Sid Silvers, based on a story by Howard Emmett Rogers inspired by a true story about vaudeville actors Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden when Palmer was drafted into World War I. For Me and My Gal was a production of the Arthur Freed u... more

For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, in his screen debut, and George Murphy. The movie was written by Richard Sherman, Fred F. Finklehoffe and Sid Silvers, based on a story by Howard Emmett Rogers inspired by a true story about vaudeville actors Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden when Palmer was drafted into World War I. For Me and My Gal was a production of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM. In the heyday of vaudeville, just before World War I, two talented performers, Jo Hayden (Judy Garland) and Harry Palmer (Gene Kelly), set their sights on playing the Palace Theatre on Broadway, the epitome of vaudeville success. Just when it seems their ambition will be realized, Harry gets his draft notice and to obtain a deferment, he smashes his hand in a trunk. When Jo, who has just found out that her brother has died "over there", finds out what Harry has done, she leaves the act and rejects him totally. Harry tries... less