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Insomnia Cinema: The Harvey Girls (1946) - Uncut (Patreon)

Published:
2025-09-10 15:00:43
Imported:
2026-06

Content

Judy Garland, Angela Lansbury, Ray Bolger, John Holniak, Cyd Carisse, Preston Foster

Comments

Paul Komoroski

Will give this a shot later when I have time. Murder, She Wrote was my Mom's favorite show, so I grew up on it. Even though I knew she had a long career prior, the idea of a younger her in a Judy Garland movie is wild.

Jimmy G

The Harvey Houses were a real chain of restaurants out west that started about 150 years ago for the purpose shown in the film (the train must be fed!), and “Harvey Girls” was a thing. When this came out almost 80 years ago there were probably some still around. Enjoyed a lot Kevin, thanks!

Biff McKeldin

I love this movie! Your reaction was great -- the screenplay is excellent. Your pointing out the charm of the old-fashioned rear screen projection made me realize why musicals became increasingly hard to pull off: as the technology blossomed so did the ability to create realism and musicals are very stylized. They feel at home on studio sets with rear projection. By the 1970s that kind of stylization was "out." Movies like CABARET and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF were successful because they were either relegated to performance musical numbers (Cabaret), or had a serious story that could be shot on a realistic location that would complement the story rather than making it seem silly (Fiddler). But movies like Man of La Mancha and Mame tanked.

Erin Mileur
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Funny you mentioned Mame because on Broadway that role was played by Angela Lansbury but when they made the movie they went with Lucille Ball.

Clare Manion

What a cute movie! Judy Garland is always wonderful and it was nice to see Cyd Charisse and Ray Bolger. Speaking of - one of the things I enjoy the most about his performance as the Scarecrow is that he's almost falling down every few steps... because of course, it's difficult stay upright when you're just made of straw. A great detail. And yes - the costumes here were fabulous! The floofy shoulders on the dresses are called "leg of mutton" sleeves - one of the most accurately named things in fashion, lol. Bonus points for the Cyrano reference!

Ben Gilbert
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During WWII htey reopened some to feed the troops being transported by train.

Ben Gilbert

Chill Wills played the man Judy came out west to marry. He was a famous character actor and singer who was in dozens of westerns. He also provided the distinctive voice to Francis the talking mule in six movies starring Donald O'Conner.

Erin Mileur

The films director George Sidney was good friends of animation legends William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and helped to co-found and finance Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1957 and was company president for 10 years.

Erin Mileur

A movie like this really hits different after you've watched Deadwood

Lisa Klug

Great reaction as always! To answer one of your questions. Judy Garland was a way, way bigger star than Vivien Leigh in 1946. This was mainly because Vivien Leigh had returned to England with her husband Lawrence Olivier to focus on their stage careers. They were very serious actors, and the stage meant more to them than being in films. Judy Garland, of course, was a huge singing star as well as acting in films. She sold a ton of records, and was a major radio star as well as a film star. She had a lot more exposure and publicity than Leigh. Also, I'm sure you know not all musicals have dancing. Judy Garland was an ok dancer, but not enough to build a musical around her dancing. They let Ray Bolger do some of his routine in this film, but Leslie Caron wasn't that well known at the time. During the 1940's you had to be an exceptional dancer like Gene Kelly for the film to prominently feature dance.