---
title: 'For Me and My Gal (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Busby Berkeley'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'War'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-me-and-my-gal-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034746/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# For Me and My Gal (1942)

1942 · 104 min · War, Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley, and starring Judy Garland, George Murphy, Martha Eggerth, Ben Blue and Gene Kelly in his film debut. The film was written by Richard Sherman, Fred F. Finklehoffe and Sid Silvers, based on a story by Howard Emmett Rogers inspired by a true story about vaudeville actors Harry Palmer and Jo Hayden, when Palmer was drafted into World War I. The film was a production of the Arthur Freed unit at MGM.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Busby Berkeley](https://cinepixo.com/people/busby-berkeley)
- **Screenplay:** [Fred F. Finklehoffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-f-finklehoffe), [Sid Silvers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sid-silvers)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roger Edens](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-edens)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-freed)
- **Director of Photography:** [William H. Daniels](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-h-daniels)
- **Editor:** [Ben Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-lewis)

## Cast

- [Ben Blue](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-blue)
- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen-2)
- [Walter Baldwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-baldwin)
- [Keenan Wynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/keenan-wynn)
- [Marta Eggerth](https://cinepixo.com/people/marta-eggerth)
- [Gene Kelly](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-kelly)
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-delano-roosevelt)
- [Judy Garland](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-garland)
- [William Tannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-tannen)
- [Bryant Washburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bryant-washburn)
- [Woodrow Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/woodrow-wilson)
- [Stephen McNally](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mcnally)
- [George Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-murphy)
- [Nestor Paiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/nestor-paiva)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-me-and-my-gal-1942
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