It's Always Fair Weather

Though originally conceived as a sequel to ON THE TOWN, this innovative musical, which masks the seriousness of its theme with some excellent production numbers, underwent a series of alterations during the development process. The film reunites ON THE TOWN's co-directer/co-choreographer team of Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, as well as lyricists Adolph Green and Betty Comden; Andre Previn supplied music in lieu of Leonard Bernstein. ON THE TOWN's three high-spirited sailors became soldiers who bond under fire and come home together at the end of the WWII. Doug Hallerton (Dan Dailey), Angelo "Angie" Valentine (ballet-trained Michael Kidd, himself a successful Broadway...