Anchors Aweigh
Kelly, Gene
performer
Jerry the Mouse
performer
Donen, Stanley
performer
Donohue, Jack
performer
Film
1945-07-09
MGM
"The King Who Couldn't Dance"a dream sequence, Kelly falls down a hole in the ground to discover the kingdom where singing and dancing is forbidden; tap dances with the animated characters of Tom the Cat and Jerry the Mouse of the Tom and Jerry cartoons to the tune "Don't Expect to Get Help If You Don't Help Yourself."
This the first time in which Kelly combined live action with cartoon animation.
In another scene, Sinatra sings and Kelly dance to "She Begged Me."
Performing Arts Encyclopedia
http://www.loc.gov/performingarts
Frank, Rusty E.: Tap! The Greatest Tap Dance Stars and their Stories 1900-1955. New York, William Morrow. (1990).
Smith, Ernie: Selected List of Films and Kinescopes. In Jean and Marshall Stearns' Jazz Dance (1968).
Tap Dance America
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html
Stanley Donen (biography)
loc.music.tdabio.75
Gene Kelly (biography)
loc.music.tdabio.119
tda
IHAS
151216
loc.music.tda.243