For Me and My Gal (film)

For Me and My Gal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBusby Berkeley
Screenplay byRichard Sherman
Fred F. Finklehoffe
Sid Silvers
Story byHoward Emmett Rogers
Produced byArthur Freed
StarringJudy Garland
Gene Kelly
George Murphy
CinematographyWilliam H. Daniels
Edited byBen Lewis
Music byRoger Edens (adaptation)
Georgie Stoll (musical direction)

Conrad Salinger Leo Arnaud George Bassman (vocals and orchestrations)

Bobby Connolly (musical numbers)
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release date
  • October 21, 1942 (1942-10-21)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$841,000[1]
Box office$4.4 million[1]

For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley, and starring Judy Garland, George Murphy, Martha Eggerth, Ben Blue and Gene Kelly in his film debut. The film was written by Richard Sherman, Fred F. Finklehoffe and Sid Silvers, based on a story by Howard Emmett Rogers inspired by a true story about vaudeville actors Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden, when Palmer was drafted into World War I. The film was a production of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.