This is another classic musical that I had not seen before now. Three sailors are in New York City for one day of shore leave. On the subway, Gabey (Gene Kelly) sees a poster of "Miss Turnstiles" (Vera-Ellen) and thinks she is a celebrity, when she's really a Coney Island cooch dancer. He decides to scour the city looking for her. Along the way, his two buddies find girls of their own.
There's really only one truly memorable song, which is "New York, New York", but the dance sequences are fantastic.
I think this is the first musical I've ever seen that actually had a character's job be stripping. Obviously, except for Gypsy. But definitely a first for 1949. I'm kind of amazed they could even say "cooch dancer" when they had to change helluva to wonderful in one of their songs.
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