anchor aweigh be an entertaining mgm musical that fan of the genre will enjoy but i wouldn not rate it up there with classic like singin in the rain or the band wagon . this be the first of three musical that gene kelly and frank sinatra appear in together . kelly and sinatra play joe brady and clarence doolittle and two sailor on leave in hollywood who befriend a young boy ( dean stockwell ) who introduce them to his attractive young aunt ( kathryn grayson ) a struggle actress who be work a an extra at mgm . though both guy be initially attract to grayson and she eventually voice a preference to joe but clarence later hook up with a waitress ( pamela britton ) who and he learn be from his hometown of brooklyn . the paper thin plot leave room for several great musical number include we hate to leave and joe and clarence lament to their fellow sailor a theyre leave the ship while grayson torrid rendition of jalousie while sinatra dreamy rendition of i fall in love too easily ( a number which be sadly delete from some print of this film ) and and the worry song and a fantasy dance that kelly do with animate jerry the mouse from tom and jerry fame . kelly also do a sort of kiss bandit fantasy ballet which rival his pirate ballet in the later the pirate . kelly be in peak form here and in a robust and energetic performance that earn him his only oscar nomination for best actor and sinatra endearingly shy character here be undeniably sexy . an entertaining diversion for fan of the mgm musical factory .