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| | Hit the Deck: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | In 1936, the play was adapted into a movie vehicle for Fred Astaire [+] and Ginger Rogers [+], Follow the Fleet, with an Irving Berlin [+] score, and the 1940s stage and movie musical On the Town, with songs by Leonard Bernstein [+], Adolph Green [+], and Betty Comden [+], used the same idea. |
 | | By the mid-1950s, the concept was a bit stale, but that didn't stop MGM, which had acquired the property, from putting together a lavish new Cinemascope version of Hit the Deck that made use of a raft of its contract players. |
 | | Among the women, Jane Powell [+] was the closest thing to a major star, with young Debbie Reynolds [+] already a familiar name and Ann Miller [+], a veteran as always, given a dancing showcase. |
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