The Harvey Girls (1946)

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1h 42min
Comedy, Drama
29 Apr 1946 (UK)
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On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women travelling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

Director:

George Sidney

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Stars:

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
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Still of Judy Garland, Cyd Charisse (I), Jane Allen (I), Jean Ashton (I), Eleanor Bayley, Ruth Brady, Joan Carey, Lucille Casey, Virginia Davis (I), Dona Dax, Gwen Donovan, Mary Jo Ellis, Virginia Engels, Bess Flowers, Joan Thorsen, Mary Jane French (I), Dorothy Raye, Virginia Gumm, Gloria Hope (II), Thelma Joel, Janet Lavis, Vera Lee (I), Mary Moder, Daphne Moore (I), Loulie Jean Norman, Virginia O'Brien, Erin Selwyn, Shirley Patterson (I), Melba Snowden, Dorothy Tuttle, Dorothy Van Nuys, Tyra Vaughn, Bunny Waters, Jacqueline White (I), Herberta Williams, Katherine Yorke, Ruth Clark (I), Dorothy Wilkerson (I), Edith Motridge, Nevada Smith (II), Dallas Worth, Vivian Edwards (IV), Emily Smith (XXII) and Meredyth Durrell in The Harvey Girls (1946)

Still of Judy Garland and John Hodiak in The Harvey Girls (1946)

Still of Judy Garland, Angela Lansbury (I), Jane Allen (I), Jean Ashton (I), Eleanor Bayley, Joan Carey, Lucille Casey, Virginia Davis (I), Gloria Hope (II), Daphne Moore (I) and Ruth Clark (I) in The Harvey Girls (1946)

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	Judy Garland	...	Susan Bradley
	John Hodiak	...	Ned Trent
	Ray Bolger	...	Chris Maule
	Angela Lansbury	...	Em
	Preston Foster	...	Judge Sam Purvis
	Virginia O'Brien	...	Alma from Ohio
	Kenny Baker	...	Terry O'Halloran
	Marjorie Main	...	Sonora Cassidy
	Chill Wills	...	H.H. Hartsey
	Selena Royle	...	Miss Bliss
	Cyd Charisse	...	Deborah Andrews
	Ruth Brady	...	Ethel
	Jack Lambert	...	Marty Peters
	Edward Earle	...	Jed Adams
	Morris Ankrum	...	Rev. Claggett
	William 'Bill' Phillips	...	1st Cowboy (as Wm. 'Bill' Phillips)
	Ben Carter	...	John Henry
	Norman Leavitt	...	2nd Cowboy
	Stephen McNally	...	'Goldust' McClean (as Horace McNally)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Jane Allen	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Arnet Amos	...	(uncredited)
	Jean Ashton	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Frank Austin	...	Rancher (uncredited)
	John Barton	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Eleanor Bayley	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Phil Bloom	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Chet Brandenburg	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Hazel Brooks	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Rand Brooks	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Ewing Miles Brown	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Joan Carey	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Lucille Casey	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Ruth Clark	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Jack Rube Clifford	...	Fireman (uncredited)
	Tex Cooper	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Victor Cox	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Georgia Davis	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Virginia Davis	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Dona Dax	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Vernon Dent	...	Engineer (uncredited)
	Gwen Donovan	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Meredyth Durrell	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Vivian Edwards	...	Specialty Performer (uncredited)
	Mary Jo Ellis	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Virginia Engels	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Kay English	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	Specialty Performer (uncredited)
	Mary Jane French	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Sam Garrett	...	Trick Roper (uncredited)
	Vincent Graeff	...	Boy (uncredited)
	Virginia Gumm	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Beatrice Hagen	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Jane Hale	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Jane Hall	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Stuart Hall	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	William Hall	...	Big Joe (uncredited)
	Byron Harvey Jr.	...	Train Conductor (uncredited)
	Gloria Hope	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	George Huggins	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Virginia Hunter	...	Jane (uncredited)
	Dorothy Jackson	...	Specialty Performer (uncredited)
	Thelma Joel	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Joe Karnes	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Jack Kenny	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Al Kunde	...	Rancher (uncredited)
	Janet Lavis	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Vera Lee	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Maxine Leslie	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Mitchell Lewis	...	Sandy (uncredited)
	Johnny Luther	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Peggy Maley	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Claude Martin	...	(uncredited)
	Judy Matson	...	Specialty Performer (uncredited)
	Matt Mattox	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Catherine McLeod	...	Louise (uncredited)
	John Merton	...	Player (uncredited)
	Mary Moder	...	Specialty Performer (uncredited)
	Daphne Moore	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Edith Motridge	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Paul Newlan	...	Station Agent (uncredited)
	Loulie Jean Norman	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Robert Emmett O'Connor	...	Conductor (uncredited)
	Shirley Patterson	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Jack Perry	...	Man in Saloon (uncredited)
	Lee Phelps	...	Player (uncredited)
	Tom Quinn	...	Player (uncredited)
	Dorothy Raye	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Charles Regan	...	Dealer (uncredited)
	Al Rhein	...	Dealer (uncredited)
	John Rice	...	Townsman (uncredited)
	Kenneth Rundquist	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Erin Selwyn	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Harry Semels	...	Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
	Emily Smith	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Nevada Smith	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Melba Snowden	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Ray Teal	...	Conductor (uncredited)
	Al Thompson	...	Townsman at Dance (uncredited)
	Joan Thorsen	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Jim Toney	...	Muleskinner (uncredited)
	Elinor Troy	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Dorothy Tuttle	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Marcia Van Dyke	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Dorothy Van Nuys	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Tyra Vaughn	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Bunny Waters	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Jacqueline White	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Eve Whitney	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Dorothy Wilkerson	...	Harvey Girl (uncredited)
	Herberta Williams	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Dallas Worth	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)
	Katherine Yorke	...	Dance-Hall Girl (uncredited)

Directed by

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George Sidney

Written by

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Edmund Beloin	...	(screenplay) &
Nathaniel Curtis	...	(screenplay) &
Harry Crane	...	(screenplay) &
James O'Hanlon	...	(screenplay) &
Samson Raphaelson	...	(screenplay)

Kay Van Riper	...	(additional dialogue)

Samuel Hopkins Adams	...	(novel "The Harvey Girls")

Eleanore Griffin	...	(original story) and
William Rankin	...	(original story)

Produced by

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Roger Edens	...	associate producer
Arthur Freed	...	producer

Music by

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Lennie Hayton	...	(uncredited)
Conrad Salinger	...	(uncredited)

Cinematography by

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George J. Folsey

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director of photography (as George Folsey)

Editing by

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Albert Akst

Editorial Department

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Henri Jaffa	...	associate color director: Technicolor
Natalie Kalmus	...	color director: Technicolor

Art Direction by

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William Ferrari
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

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Helen Rose
Valles	...	(costumes: men)

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn	...	makeup designer
Irma Kusely	...	hair stylist (uncredited)
Dorothy Ponedel	...	key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Dave Friedman

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production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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George Rhein

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assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Mildred Griffiths

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associate set decorator

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer	...	recording director
Bill Edmondson	...	unit mixer (uncredited)
Standish J. Lambert	...	re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
Robert Shirley	...	re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
Newell Sparks	...	re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
William Steinkamp	...	re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
Michael Steinore	...	re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
John A. Williams	...	re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Warren Newcombe

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special effects

Visual Effects by

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Mark Davis	...	matte paintings camera (uncredited)
A. Arnold Gillespie	...	transparency projection shots (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Robert J. Bronner	...	second camera (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser	...	assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Irene	...	costume supervisor
Eugene Joseff	...	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Robert Alton	...	musical numbers staged by
Lennie Hayton	...	musical director
Conrad Salinger	...	orchestrator
Kay Thompson	...	vocal arranger
Earl Cates	...	music mixer (uncredited)
David Crocov	...	violin (uncredited)
Sidney Cutner	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Marion Doenges	...	singing voice: Cyd Charisse (uncredited)
Robert Franklyn	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Wally Heglin	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
M.J. McLaughlin	...	music mixer (uncredited)
Joseph Nussbaum	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Virginia Rees	...	singing voice: Angela Lansbury (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Paul W. 'Pat' Durnell	...	train engineer (uncredited)
George Richelavie	...	research director (uncredited)
Bea Whitney	...	assistant research director (uncredited)

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (United States) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1946) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (Argentina) (theatrical)
France 3 (1987) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
MGM Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1995) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Warner Home Vídeo (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2006) (United States) (DVD)
Reel Corporation (2015) (Australia) (DVD)
Reel DVD (2015) (Australia) (DVD)
Warner Archive Collection (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray)
The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (tv) (streaming)

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Other Companies

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Turner Entertainment (package design) (1990 release)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	On a train trip West to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley (Judy Garland) meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travelers. When Susan and her bashful suitor find romance daunting, she joins the Harvey Girls instead. The saloon across the street with its alluring worldly-wise women offers them tough competition, fair and foul, and Susan catches the eye of Ned Trent (John Hodiak), the bar's distant but intense proprietor. Written by Michael Meigs Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	scene-during-opening-credits classical-western new-mexico square-dance arson See All (67) »
Taglines	It's Blazing, Blistering Romance . . . in the wide open spaces ! See more »
Genres	Comedy Drama History Musical Romance Western
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:G Canada:G (Quebec) Finland:S France:Tous publics Ireland:G Italy:T Sweden:15 United Kingdom:A United Kingdom:U (video) United States:Not Rated (DVD Rating) United States:Approved United States:TV-G (tv rating)

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Also Known As	Les demoiselles Harvey (France) Las chicas de Harvey (Spain) A Batalha do Pó de Arroz (Portugal) As Garçonetes de Harvey (Brazil) İlk Vals (Turkey, Turkish title) See more »
Runtime	102 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Filming Locations	Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget

$2,524,315 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	In the big production number "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe," from Judy Garland's entrance until the conductor's "All aboard!" was done in one take. Legend has it that they shot it twice and Garland was dead-on move for move both times. See more »
Goofs	In the "Wild, Wild West" song, Alma is pounding a red-hot horseshoe. She then picks it up, caresses it, and throws it in the water barrel where it gives off steam. The horseshoe would have burned her hand if it were really hot. This is a sight gag in the film. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Episode #1.25 (1955). See more »
Soundtracks	In the Valley (Where the Evenin' Sun Goes Down) See more »
Quotes	Alma: [talking to Susan Bradley] I sent my picture into one of those Lonely Hearts Clubs and they sent it back, saying "We're not that lonely!" See more »

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