It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
In It Happened in Brooklyn, Frank Sinatra comes home from WW2, ecstatic about returning to his hometown. Brooklyn is fantastic in his memory, but as he soon finds out, it’s not as great in reality. He can’t get a job and nobody’s friendly to him. Finally, he bunks up with Jimmy Durante, gets a job singing songs in a music store, and falls in love with Kathryn Grayson. But when his friend Peter Lawrence pays a visit, everything might change. . .
This isn’t the worst silly post-war movie that came out of Hollywood in the 1940s, but it’s a far cry from the best. It’s pretty clear Hollywood was trying to give Frank Sinatra a chance to act, but in his early movies, he does much more singing and dancing than he does acting. I usually think Kathryn Grayson adorable, but maybe she was in a bad mood when she made this movie. She was pregnant during the filming, so perhaps she was tired; during her scenes, she seemed like she just wanted to go home and rest. If you liked silly musicals like The Kissing Bandit and Take me out to the Ball Game, you can give this one a watch, but for a good quality musical, try Show Boat or Guys and Dolls instead. The cutest song to come out of this one is “From the Heart”, a duet between Frankie and Jimmy Durante that you’ve probably seen at some point sprinkled into a classic musical montage.
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This isn’t the worst silly post-war movie that came out of Hollywood in the 1940s, but it’s a far cry from the best. It’s pretty clear Hollywood was trying to give Frank Sinatra a chance to act, but in his early movies, he does much more singing and dancing than he does acting. I usually think Kathryn Grayson adorable, but maybe she was in a bad mood when she made this movie. She was pregnant during the filming, so perhaps she was tired; during her scenes, she seemed like she just wanted to go home and rest. If you liked silly musicals like The Kissing Bandit and Take me out to the Ball Game, you can give this one a watch, but for a good quality musical, try Show Boat or Guys and Dolls instead. The cutest song to come out of this one is “From the Heart”, a duet between Frankie and Jimmy Durante that you’ve probably seen at some point sprinkled into a classic musical montage.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Juhi Thaker" for posting!
More Kathryn Grayson movies here!
More Frank Sinatra movies here!