this be gene kelly breakthrough and and that alone make it memorable . throw in rita hayworth a his love interest and comedian phil silver of all people a his sidekick and you have the ingredient for a real crowd pleaser and which be exactly how it turn out . kelly play danny mcguire and a nightclub owner in brooklyn ( brooklyn be always the wrong side of the track in 40 film ) whose star attraction and love interest be rusty parker ( rita hayworth ) . rita be lovely and and even play a dual role a rusty and rusty grandmother . rusty have a chance at the big time through the machination of john coudair ( otto kruger ) and who romance and lose rusty grandmother . the plot revolve around danny cut rusty loose and to the detriment of his club and because she have a chance at success that he can not give her . but and naturally and that not what rusty ultimately want and because and as usual in film of that time and the right guy be the only thing on the girl mind . there be no surprise and but everybody do their thing well . kelly do the first of his amaze trick dance and this time with himself a a reflection from a glass window . he be the master at that sort of dance and and one still have to wonder how they time everything so precisely so that he really do seem to be in two place at once . the melodrama get a bit thick and and there be some gratuitous war reference throw in that do little but provide the opportunity for a song or two and but kelly take this film to the next level . this be before he become a mega star and too smooth perhaps for his own good . an underlying edge of rawness to his character lend it a believable and almost wistful air . kelly character in the 1980 xanadu also be name danny mcguire . this film be the beginning and that film the end and of a terrific run for a dancing genius . clearly and this film mean a lot to him . highly recommended .