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Babes in Arms

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Babes in Arms

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Summary

Musical starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Two talented youngsters decide to put on a musical when their vaudevillian parents forbid them from joining their touring show. But first they have to find a financial backer.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Tony Sloman

Not much of Rodgers and Hart's celebrated Broadway score was left in this MGM film version, but that didn't really matter to movie audiences who turned out in force to watch two great stars - Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. They were brought together in the very first musical produced by genius Arthur Freed, whose later work would include such ground-breaking classics of the genre as On the Town, An American in Paris and Singin' in the Rain. Rooney, in particular, is magnificent, earning an Oscar nomination but losing to Robert Donat's "Mr Chips". He's a perfect foil for Garland, her wayward vulnerability contrasting with his brashness: just sit back and enjoy their obvious pleasure in singing Good Morning. Okay, so it's just a "putting on the show right here" musical, but it was one of the first and it's still one of the best.

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Cast

rolenameMickey MoranMickey RooneyPatsy BartonJudy GarlandJoe MoranCharles WinningerJudge BlackGuy KibbeeBaby Rosalie EssexJune PreisserFlorrie MoranGrace HayesMolly MoranBetty JaynesDon BriceDouglas McPhailJeff SteeleRand BrooksDody MartiniLeni LynnBobsJohn SheffieldHarry MaddoxHenry HullMartha SteeleMargaret Hamilton

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rolenameDirectorBusby Berkeley

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Theatrical distributor

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Formats

Black and white

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