Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaSoldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.Soldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.Soldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.
- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Artistas
- Leo Kardos
- (as Billy Roy)
- Trustee
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- Father
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- Jitterbugging G.I.
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- Man in Montage
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- Corporal
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- Minor Role
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- Minor Role
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- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Elenco e equipe completos
- Produção, bilheteria e muito mais no IMDbPro
Avaliações em destaque
But the songs. They are exquisite, written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, and the main reason for my rating. Sinatra is in fine voice, and Jimmy Durante has been irreplaceable on America's stellar list of entertainers. "Time After Time', "It's the Same Old Dream" are two of Frank's better numbers, but the piece de resistance is Sinatra and Durante doing, " It's Gotta Come From The Heart". Priceless. There are a couple of opera numbers for Kathryn Grayson, so there is something for everyone in this picture.
It is a flag-waver and a preposterous tall tale, but it all works. All you have to do is wait for the musical numbers. And they are worth waiting for.
Frank is a kind of shy guy here, but gets to loosen up after awhile thanks to the friendship of JIMMY DURANTE as a fellow Brooklynite, a janitor who lets Frank share his apartment until he can find a job. KATHRYN GRAYSON is the pretty girl Sinatra takes up with, both of them with singing aspirations. He even does a "Don Giovanni" duet with Grayson and it's not bad at all. Grayson does a nice solo spot on "The Bell Song" from Lakme and handles her acting chores in a pleasant enough manner. Likewise, even PETER LAWFORD gets to belt out a number for a bunch of record fans in a music store, loosening up to a little ditty called "Whose Baby Are You?" with a swing beat.
Durante and Sinatra have fun on a number called "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart" and Sinatra is at his best crooning a ballad called "It's the Same Old Dream."
True, it's all rather formula as far as the storyline goes, but it's done in such an unpretentious way that it manages to charm most of the time. GLORIA GRAHAME has a small role at the beginning as a nurse from Brooklyn who doubts whether Sinatra hails from that borough.
I can't say much for the direction of Richard Thorpe. It moves at a snail's pace through its running time of one hour and forty-five minutes.
'It Happened in Brooklyn' may not be one of the all-time greats, but the talent it promised was immense and that talent was more than lived up to. More could have been done with the ending. It could have done with being much more rounded off and less unsatisfyingly abrupt.
Another flaw is that 'It Happened in Brooklyn' (am not sure whether this is going to be a popular opinion) also did very little to cure my general indifference to Peter Lawford, not even giving him a swing number, who again brings little charm and personality and his trademark stuffy, pompous character is annoying. The role also displayed his limited acting, awkward dancing and his inability to sing a note in tune.
However, the production values are very pleasing to look at and beautifully shot, the lack of Technicolor didn't bother me at all. The music is wonderful and beautifully and entertainingly choreographed, the highlights being the timeless and ageless "Time After Time" and the show-stopping and enormously enjoyable "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart" between Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Durante. In terms of the operatic excerpts, "La Ci Darem La Mano" from Mozart's 'Don Giovanni' also comes off well, with Sinatra sounding remarkably lovely in operatic music and "The Bell Song" from Delibes' 'Lakme' is enchantingly sung by Kathryn Grayson and for a long aria doesn't stop the film dead.
While at times fluffy, the script is also very witty and so much fun and endearing that it is very difficult to fall for its charm. For a "classic era" MGM musical too, the story is actually pretty good, somewhat silly but it is more eventful, better paced and easier to remember than most. The direction does nothing to undermine the visuals or the impact of the songs.
The performances, with the exception of Lawford, are very good indeed. Sinatra is immensely likable in the lead, and Durante is a hoot, managing to still be hilarious even when slightly subdued. Grayson is spunky and charming, with the voice of a nightingale. Gloria Grahame also shows up and does a lovely job in a role that is somewhat underused.
On the whole, brings so much joy as long as not too much is demanded. 8/10 Bethany Cox
It points up the fact that Sinatra was born to be a singer; indeed, if he'd been endowned with an operatic vocal instrument, he probably would have been an opera singer. In fact, when he was coming out of his Palm Springs "retirement" to return to the stage, he reportedly got Met Opera baritone Robert Merrill to coach him. And in his latter days, became quite of fan and friend of Pavarotti and the "other two tenors." He also recorded Brahm's "Lullaby," (which he featured in "Anchors Aweigh") and an impressive "Soliloquy" from "Carosel."
There's just no doubt about it: the man loved to sing. In his second major musical for MGM, "It Happened in Brooklyn" Sinatra solos in some marvelous songs by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, including "Time After Time," "It's the Same Old Dream," and "The Brooklyn Bridge," while Grayson reprises the first and is featured in the complete "Bell Song" from Delibes' opera, "Lakme." Grayson is also featured in an novel arrangement based on Bach's "Two-Part Invention in F Major," featuring a children's choir and strings. Other delights are "I Believe" and "It's Gotta Come from the Heart," in which the "Ol' Snazolla," Jimmy Durante, joins Frankie for a comic romp.
With all these tunful treats, plus fine support from Peter Lawford and Gloria Graham, one would think this musical were a blockbuster. Not really so, surprisingly. It seems to be a case of the parts not quite equalling the whole. However, it's still a personal favorite, as these musical selections are just plain fun to hear and enjoy. So "It Happened in Brooklyn" is a staple in my video collection, which I replay with great pleasure and downright good fun.
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- CuriosidadesAndré Previn, who provided the unseen piano solos for the film, received his first onscreen credit for Aconteceu Assim (1947). Previn, who was only 17 at the time of production, had been a member of the M-G-M music department for several years prior to his work on this film. Previn went on to work as both a composer and conductor for many films and won a number of Academy® Awards before becoming principal conductor of the London Symphony and other internationally known orchestras.
- Erros de gravaçãoA running joke in the gym is that Danny is so skinny that he needs the weight of a baseball to make a teeter-totter descend. It goes up and down as he and Nick toss a baseball back and forth. At the last pass, the teeter-totter descends before Danny catches the ball.
- Citações
Nick Lombardi: Jamie, we're having a little argument. What color are Annie's eyes?
Jamie Shellgrove: Dark Brown. But in the light they've got little golden flecks.
Danny Webson Miller: How tall is she compared to you?
Jamie Shellgrove: When she's wearing high heels, she comes to here, and low heels, to here.
Danny Webson Miller: Uh, what color nail polish does she use?
Jamie Shellgrove: None. Her hands are like a little girl's. And that perfume she uses, that's like a little girl's too... so clean and soapy. But you know the cutest thing about her? You can always tells when she's going to smile. Just a second before she wrinkles up her nose. Always.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosOpening credits are shown over a drawing of the Brooklyn bridge.
- ConexõesEdited into Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
- Trilhas sonorasWhose Baby Are You
(uncredited)
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Music by Jule Styne
Copyright 1947 by Sinatra Songs, Inc.
Sung briefly by Frank Sinatra while playing the piano (dubbed by André Previn)
Later sung and danced by Peter Lawford
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- How long is It Happened in Brooklyn?Fornecido pela Alexa
Detalhes
- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idioma
- Também conhecido como
- Aconteceu no Brooklyn
- Locações de filme
- Empresa de produção
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- Tempo de duração
- 1 h 44 min(104 min)
- Cor
- Proporção
- 1.37 : 1