| The Harvey Girls | |
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| Directed by | George Sidney Robert Alton (musical number) |
| Written by | Kay Van Riper (additional dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Edmund Beloin Nathaniel Curtis Harry Crane James O'Hanlon Samson Raphaelson |
| Story by | Eleanore Griffin William Rankin |
| Based on | The Harvey Girls 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Starring | Judy Garland John Hodiak Ray Bolger Angela Lansbury Virginia O'Brien |
| Cinematography | George J. Folsey |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Music by | Harry Warren (music) Johnny Mercer (lyrics) Lennie Hayton (score) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,931,000[1] |
| Box office | $5,175,000[1] |
The Harvey Girls is a 1946 Technicolor American musical film produced by Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's Harvey House waitresses.[2] Directed by George Sidney, the film stars Judy Garland and features John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, and Angela Lansbury, as well as Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Kenny Baker, Marjorie Main and Chill Wills. Future star Cyd Charisse appears in her first speaking role on film.
The Harvey Girls won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer.
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