
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 to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travellers. 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 catc... (Full plot summary below)
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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 to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travellers. 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 the Ned Trent (John Hodiak), the distant but intense proprietor of the bar.
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| Film ExperienceNathaniel RogersThough this creaky musical hasn't aged well, its peak moments are delightful: Dorothy and her Scarecrow reunited, "On the Atchison Topeka and the Santa Fe" and Garland's gift for physical comedy. |
| Portland OregonianMarc MohanTHE HARVEY GIRLS has a little of everything: songs, dance, action, romance, and the triumph of virtue and chastity over the forces of saloondom. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelA likeable but aimless musical which doesn't know what to make of its plot (designed to cash in on the pioneer spirit of Oklahoma) about the Harvey House restaurants which followed the railroad into the West, bringing demure waitresses into the domain of rowdy saloon girls. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyGeorge Sidney's musical western is a joyous, fictionalized tribute to the New England femmes who went out West to bring culture and food; best song is On the Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe, which won an Oscar. |
| EmpireDavid ParkinsonJudy Garland is magnificent in this charming musical with a number of star turns from the impressive cast. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenIt’s all wild, but too intentionally amped up to be any fun. |
| User ReviewMary LOne of my favorites. John Hodiak is handsome and the romance between him and Garland is amazing. |
| User ReviewGreg Wit just doesn't get any better from the studio era than this diamond! |
| User ReviewStefanie RWow... Flawless movie... Loved it! Loving old movies and Judy Garland =) |
| User ReviewKris HOne of the best things MGM ever produced. They practically forced Judy to do it and it turned out to be one of the more joyous, memorable, creative things she ever took part in. One of my favorite films. |