'The Harvey Girls is a 1942 novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams about Fred Harvey's famous Harvey Houses, which was subsequently made into a 1946 MGM musical. 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871–1958) was an American writer, best known for his investigative journalism. ... Fred Harvey (1835-1901) is the entrepreneur who developed the Harvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, and hotels, serving rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The movie starred Judy Garland, was directed by George Sidney. It won an Academy Award for Best Song for Johnny Mercer's "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe". Judy Garland (June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American film actress who is considered one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywoods Golden Era of musical film. ... Geoge Sidney ( October 4, 1916 - May 5, 2002) was a prolific American film director, who directed many notable films, mostly for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Academy Award for Best Song 1930s 1934 - The Continental from The Gay Divorcee 1935 Lullaby of Broadway from Gold Diggers of 1935 1936 The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time 1937 Sweet Leilani from Waikiki Wedding 1938 - Thanks for the Memory from The Big Broadcast of 1938 1939 Over... Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 - June 25, 1976) was a pop music composer. ...
Harvey hired young ladies between 18 and 30 and made them conform to a strict set of moral and ethical guidelines.
Harvey met each girl as she was hired.
Harvey brought decent, respectable women to work in his restaurants at a time when "there were no ladies west of Dodge City, and no women west of Albuquerque".
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