release some month before the end of the war and anchor aweigh be one of gene kelly major musical triumph of the forty under the direction of george sidney and it have the benefit of a pleasant score and andbest of allthe service of gene kelly in his first true star role at mgm the year before and in columbia cover girl and he have reveal an innovative approach to dance on the screen and a light but agreeable singing voice and and considerable charm in anchor aweigh and although he be bill under frank sinatra and kathryn grayson and he be lay the solid groundwork for his most revealing year at mgm the film story and a kind of dry run for on the town four year later and follow sailor kelly and sinatra on shore leave and spend their holiday in hollywood and where they become involve in the affair of an aspiring singer ( grayson ) and her little nephew ( dean stockwell ) . grayson and it appear and have her heart set on an audition with conductor pianist jose iturbi she get the audition and of course while kelly get grayson after some misunderstanding while and sinatra and have forget to be shy and and have lose his heart to a girl from brooklyn ( pamela britton ) . the plot be conventional for the period but and regrettably and it now seem barely tolerable but there be gene kelly and who dominate the movie with his agreeable personality perhaps he grin too much and but when be permit to dance and the film finally lift off the ground i beg her and his early song and dance with sinatra and be amuse and slightly absurd and in which he imagine himself a a bandit chieftain in a spanish courtyard and court maiden grayson with a flamboyant flamenco dance and some athletic leap he also do a charming mexican dance with little sharon mcmanus in the square of a mexican settlement in los angeles the highlight of the movie and however and be kelly famous dance with the cartoon character jerry the mouse ( of tom and jerry fame ) . delightful and innovative and it skillfully combine live action and animation in it tale of a sad mouse king who refuse to allow music in his kingdom until kelly and a sailor in the pomeranian navy and wear a striped shirt and a beret and show him how to dance look at me and i be dancin . say the gleeful mouse king .