<P> Joe Brady and Clarence Doolittle are Navy sailors who have a four - day leave in Hollywood . Joe has his heart set on spending time with his girl, the unseen Lola . Clarence, the shy choir boy turned sailor, asks Joe to teach him how to get girls . Donald, a little boy who wants to join the navy, is found wandering around the boulevard by a cop, who takes him to the police station . Clarence and Joe end up being picked up by the cops to help convince Donald to go home . After the two sailors wait at home and entertain Donald, Donald's Aunt Susie arrives . Clarence is smitten with her from the beginning . Susan goes on to tell them that she has been trying to find work in music, and longs to perform with José Iturbi . Trying to make Susan impressed with Clarence, Joe tells her that Clarence is a personal friend of Iturbi, and that he has arranged an audition for Susan with him . That night, they go out to a cafe (on a MGM recreation of Olvera St) where Clarence meets a girl from Brooklyn, and they hit it off . The next day, Joe visits Donald's school, and tells the kids the story of how he got his medal, and how he brought happiness to a lonesome king (played by Jerry Mouse from Tom and Jerry, with Tom briefly appearing as a servant), and joy to the forest animals of the kingdom . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Clarence has been trying to get into Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Studios to find Iturbi with no luck . After many failed attempts to find Iturbi, (including a rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl) all hope is lost for Joe and Clarence, who want to come clean with Susan and tell her there was no audition . On Clarence and Joe's last day of leave, Susan runs into Iturbi In the studio commissary who has no idea of the audition . Susan begins to call Joe, whom by now she has fallen in love with, to yell at him . Iturbi stops her and agrees to get her a screen test, which turns out to be very successful . The movie ends as Iturbi conducts the choir in singing "Anchors Aweigh", and Joe, Susan, Clarence and the girl from Brooklyn kiss . </P> <Ul> <Li> Frank Sinatra--Seaman First Class Clarence "Brooklyn" Doolittle </Li> <Li> Kathryn Grayson--Susan Abbott </Li> <Li> Gene Kelly--Gunner's Mate Second Class Joseph "Joe" Brady </Li> <Li> José Iturbi--Himself </Li> <Li> Dean Stockwell--Donald Martin </Li> <Li> Billy Gilbert--Café Manager </Li> <Li> Pamela Britton--The Girl From Brooklyn </Li> <Li> Leon Ames--Admiral's aide reads citation for medals </Li> <Li> Grady Sutton--Bertram Kraler </Li> <Li> Rags Ragland - Police Sergeant </Li> <Li> Sara Berner--Jerry Mouse (in Tom and Jerry cartoon sequence) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Frank Sinatra--Seaman First Class Clarence "Brooklyn" Doolittle </Li>

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