He was not a trained dancer and always considered himself an actor who danced rather than the other way around but the film was a big success and established him at MGM. Tamblyn was one of many studio contract players in the musical "Deep in My Heart" (1954). He played Eleanor Parker's brother in the Western "Many Rivers to Cross" (1955), and was one of several young MGM actors (others included Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds) in the musical "Hit the Deck" (1955).