Being a Judy Garland fan for four years now, I have always loved to watch her and Gene Kelly work together. This is the third time they worked together ('For Me and My Gal' and 'Summer 'Stock' being their first and last repectively) and it is, I think, their best film together. Judy Garland (26 years old at the time) plays Manuela Alva, a young girl in love with the legend of the pirate Mococo. She visits the town of Port Sebastien in the Caribbean, to meet a wondering player, Sarafin (Gene Kelly) who falls in love with her, learning that she is going to be (unhappily) married to the local mayor, and also learns she loves Mococo. He pretends to be the pirate in order to get her, but the fun really begins when she finds out he isn't Mococo at all. Judy and Gene are as usual brilliant together, particulerly in the scene where Manuela is pretending she knows nothing of Sarafin's deceit, and keeps saying how he cannot act. Although the film lost money on its release, it has since picked up a considerable fan club. One of the best Garland films made. Pure magic, as only Judy and Gene can make.