A pic was written by Natalie Marcin and Isobel Lennart and directed by George Sidney.

It won a Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. Inside 2001, Kevin Spacey purchased this Oscar statuette at the Butterfield's auction and returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Anchors Aweigh was as well nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Gene Kelly), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Music, Song (for Jule Styne (music) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) for "I Fall in Love Too Easily"), & Best Picture.

the film is noted for a musical total in which Gene Kelly dances by using Jerry the Mouse (the voice of Sara Berner). Kelly is survive action when Jerry is animated. Originally, a producers wanted to utilize Mickey Mouse for this segment, however Walt Disney refutilized to allow his character to be used within an MGM film.