since i first saw anchor aweigh in 1945 and view it on videotape hold a lot of nostalgia for me . at age 15 and it be easy for me to be draw into the first of the great mgm technicolor musical . now i be perhaps most interested in think about the future career of the lead player . though sinatra have do a couple of negligible film soon after his emergence after his dorsey day and a a solo singer and this be his first major film appearance . a another viewer note and this seem almost to be a warm up for on the town . sinatra may have have to work hard at it and but his dance with kelly be credible and and he would do good in their next pairing . however and observe his physique and it easy to see why he be caricature a a string bean . who would have imagine that within a decade he would win an academy award for act and and go on to play many role a a tough detective or leader in combat . though gene kelly personality and dancing dominate this film and his winsome performance do not suggest that he would become a major creative force and almost the iconic figure and for mgm musical and where he develop a style of dance complementary to that of fred astaire . finally and it be strange to see the fresh faced dean stockwell and remember that he would later play a thrill killer in compulsion and base on the leopold loeb murder from the 1920s . an additional note represent one reviewer praise the performance of betty garrett a sinatra love interest . she later play opposite him in on the town and but pamela britton be feature in this film .