Product Details

• Actors: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Gloria Grahame
• Directors: Richard Whorf
• Writers: Isobel Lennart, Jack McGowan
• Producers: Jack Cummings
• Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: November 20, 2001
• Run Time: 104 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301980719
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,595 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The dreamy voice doesn't seem to fit the scrawny young fellow singing-- but this was precisely the early appeal of the young Frank Sinatra. He, and The Voice, are on agreeable display in this low-key MGM musical, with Frankie cast as an ex-GI ecstatic at returning to the greatest place on earth. Where else but Brooklyn? The 1947 movie is on nobody's short list of great MGM efforts, and it feels cobbled together from different projects. Sometimes it's a Jimmy Durante comedy, sometimes it's a showcase for snub-nosed Kathryn Grayson's coloratura (she does bits of Lakmé and Don Giovanni), and toward the end it becomes a fundraiser for a local boy who wants to be a pianist--a bizarre distraction from the romantic triangle of Sinatra, Grayson, and Peter Lawford (whose talent resides in Durante's comment, "He has a very fine command of the English language"). Best tune: Ol' Blue Eyes crooning the lovely "Time After Time." --Robert Horton

From the Back Cover

"Everybody is miserable in Brooklyn!" declares Anne Fielding, a pretty music teacher. It may start out that way, but Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Jimmy Durante, and Peter Lawford bring plenty of music, romance, and laughter to New York's most colorful borough. Anne (Grayson) has to teach music because her opera career started off on the wrong note. Army private Dannie Miller (Sinatra) is too shy to let anyone hear him sing. Jamie, an English duke's grandson (Lawford), is too stuffy to fit in. And Nick, the janitor (Durante), has never known love. But they all discover anything is possible if they believe in each other and the spirit of Brooklyn. Filled with original tunes by legendary songwriters Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, this "sensational" (L.A. Herald Examiner) post-war musical romp adds up to one big hit. Black and white, 103 minutes, 1947.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars greeeeaaaatt, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: It Happened in Brooklyn [VHS] (VHS Tape)

a must for any new yorker or sinatra fan. ps. great musical # by peter lawford

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sinatra Sings Mozart?, February 17, 2003

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Thomas H. Prindle "tprindle2" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: It Happened in Brooklyn [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Indeed he does (La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni) with Kathryn Grayson, and quite gracefully too. This unique duet is worth the price of admission, but in addition you get loveable Jimmy Durante, an icon of vaudeville and early television (where ARE those shows?), and charming Peter Lawford, Kennedy in-law and Rat Packer-to-be! The plot is indeed forgettable, but the highlights make it worthwhile.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great film!, June 6, 2003

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Rosella Ann Myles - See all my reviews

This review is from: It Happened in Brooklyn [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This film is great and a must see. Great for all Katheryn Grayson fans It's romantic funny and enjoyable to see each time. I highly recommend it.