The Harvey Girls

The Harvey Girls
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Directed by	George Sidney Robert Alton (musical number)
Written by	Kay Van Riper (additional dialogue)
Screenplay by	Edmund Beloin Nathaniel Curtis Harry Crane James O'Hanlon Samson Raphaelson
Story by	Eleanore Griffin William Rankin
Based on	The Harvey Girls 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Starring	Judy Garland John Hodiak Ray Bolger Angela Lansbury Virginia O'Brien
Cinematography	George J. Folsey
Edited by	Albert Akst
Music by	Harry Warren (music) Johnny Mercer (lyrics) Lennie Hayton (score)
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	January 18, 1946 (1946-01-18)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2,931,000[1]
Box office	$5,175,000[1]

The Harvey Girls is a 1946 Technicolor American musical film produced by Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's Harvey House waitresses.^[2] Directed by George Sidney, the film stars Judy Garland and features John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, and Angela Lansbury, as well as Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Kenny Baker, Marjorie Main and Chill Wills. Future star Cyd Charisse appears in her first speaking role on film.

The Harvey Girls won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer.