since first saw anchors aweigh  viewing videotape holds lot nostalgia me age  easy drawn first great mgm technicolor musicals perhaps interested thinking future careers leading players though sinatra done couple negligible films soon emergence dorsey days solo singer first major film appearance another viewer noted seems almost warmup town sinatra may work hard it dance kelly credible would better next pairings however observing physique easy see caricatured string bean would imagined within decade would win academy award acting go play many roles tough detective leader combat though gene kellys personality dancing dominated film winsome performance suggest would become major creative force almost iconic figure mgm musicals developed style dance complementary fred astaire finally strange see freshfaced dean stockwell remember would later play thrill killer compulsion based leopoldloeb murder s additional note one reviewer praised performance betty garrett sinatras love interest later played opposite town pamela britton featured film