Ankles Aweigh

Ankles Aweigh.

Ankles Aweigh is a stage musical.

Cast

• Betty Kean - Elsey
• Jane Kean - Wynne
• Lew Parker - Dinky
• Gabriel Dell - Spud
• Mark Dawson - Lt. Bill Kelley
• Thelma Carpenter - Chipolata

Plot

A Hollywood starlet, Wynne, is in Sicily with her sister Elsey to film her movie debut in a low-budget musical. She falls in love with U.S. Navy lieutenant Bill Kelley. The two secretly marry, violating a clause in her contract. With the aid of her sister and two of her husband's service buddies, Dinky and Spud, Wynne disguises herself as a sailor and stows away on Bill's ship, the U.S.S. Alamo, so that they can slip away for a honeymoon. When they reach Morocco, they run into Bill's jealous Moroccan ex-girlfriend, Lucia, who is now the mistress of the leader of an espionage ring. As revenge, Lucia implicates him as a spy. With the help of her sister and his buddies, Wynne and Bill eventually find a way to absolve him of the charges, he becomes a hero, and they live happily ever after.

Musical numbers

Act I

• "Italy" – Chorus
• "Old-Fashioned Mothes" – Elsey and Wynne
• "Skip the Build-Up" – Elsey
• "Nothing at All" – Wynne and Bill
• "Skip the Build-up" (reprise) – Dinky
• "Walk Like a Sailor" – Wynne, Dinky, Spud, Girl, Elsey and Dancers
• "Headin' for the Bottom" – Chipolata, Girls and Patrons of night spot
• "Nothing Can Replace a Man" – Wynne and Boys
• "Here's to Dear Old Us" – Elsey, Dinky and Spud
• "His and Hers" – Wynne and Bill
• "La Festa" – Chorus

Act II

• "Ready Cash" – Chorus
• "Kiss Me and Kill Me with Love" – Wynne and Bill
• "Honeymoon" – Elsey and Girls
• "The Villain Always Gets It" – Chorus
• "The Code" – Joe's Henchmen
• "Walk Like a Sailor" (reprise) – Chorus
• "Eleven O'Clock Song" – Elsey and Wynne
• "Finale" – Company