 With the omission of these songs, the supporting role of Meg Brockie was reduced in the film to scarcely more than a bit part.The minor song "Jeannie's Packin' Up" was also omitted.Some of this was done because, after listening to Gene Kelly's pre-recordings of "There But For You Go I" and "From This Day On", the makers of the film felt that the results did not show his voice to its best advantage, but some was done because producer Arthur Freed wanted to shape the two-and-a-half hour stage musical into a film that ran 108 minutes.