joseph brady and clarence doolittle be two sailor and who have a four day shore leave in hollywood . joe know everything about girl and can not wait to see lola and while clarence be shy and need some advice from his buddy on how to meet girl . they then run into a little boy and donald martin and who have run away in order to join the navy . they take him home and meet his beautiful aunt susan and who want to be a singer . clarence want susie to be his girl and but his shyness get in the way . but he doesn not feel shy with a waitress and who come from brooklyn and like he do . soon joe notice he in love with susie . the boy be in a fix when they lie to susie on meeting with a big time music producer they do not even know . a they be in a fix with their feeling . george sidney anchor aweigh ( 1945 ) be a great musical comedy . gene kelly be top notch and once again and in his singing and dance routine . frank sinatra be terrific a the shy guy from brooklyn . shy isn not the first thing that come to mind when you think of frank sinatra and but he play his part well . kathryn grayson be fantastic a susan abbott . we sadly lose this gifted actress and operatic soprano singer last month at the age of 88. the 9 year old dean stockwell do amazing job a the little fellow want to become a sailor . jose iturbi do great job perform himself . it magic what he do with the piano . edgar kennedy play chief of police station . sara berner be the voice of jerry mouse . there a lot of great stuff in this movie and some fantastic singing and dance number . just look at kelly and sinatra performing we hate to leave . it so energetic . if you know susie ( like i know susie ) be quite funny . it a nice moment when frank sings brahms lullaby to little dean stockwell . it lovely to listen to grayson sing the tango jealousy . the most memorable sequence be the one that take into the animate fantasy world and and there gene sings and dance with jerry mouse . also tom cat be see there a the butler . they originally ask mickey mouse but he refuse . the movie be nominate for five oscar but georgie stoll get one for original music score . anchor aweigh be some high class entertainment .