For Me and My Gal
1942 film by Busby Berkeley
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Summary
For Me and My Gal is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (793 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Busby Berkeley[3]
- Screenwriter: Fred F. Finklehoffe[4], Sid Silvers[5]
- Composer: Roger Edens[6]
- Genre: musical film[7], romance film[8], war film[9]
- Cast member: Judy Garland[10], Gene Kelly[11], George Murphy[12], Marta Eggerth[13], Stephen McNally[14], William Tannen[15], Bryant Washburn[16], Keenan Wynn[17], Franklin Delano Roosevelt[18], Woodrow Wilson[19], Ben Blue[20], Nestor Paiva[21], Walter Baldwin[22]
- Producer: Arthur Freed[23]
- Depicts: Selective Service Act of 1917[24]
- Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[25]
- Director of photography: William H. Daniels[26]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[27]
- Distribution format: video on demand[28]
- Review score: 7.8/10[29], 100%[30]
- Color: black-and-white[31]
- Country of origin: United States[32]
- Publication date: January 1, 1942[33]
- Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[34], Netflix[35], Loews Cineplex Entertainment[36]
- Narrative location: United States[37], New York City[38], France[39]
- Main subject: World War I[40], vaudeville[41]
- Film editor: Ben Lewis[42]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score[43]
- Title: For Me and My Gal[44]
- Duration: 104 minutes[45]
- Set in period: World War I[46], 1910s[47], 20th century[48]
- Costume designer: Robert Kalloch[49], Gile Steele[50]
- Production designer: Cedric Gibbons[51], Gabriel Scognamillo[52]
Why It Matters
For Me and My Gal has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]