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Babes in Arms (1939)

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Overview

Director:
Busby Berkeley
Writers:
Jack McGowan (writer) and
Kay Van Riper (writer) ...
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Release Date:
31 October 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Musical more
Tagline:
The big musical fun show!
Plot:
The struggle of two talented young artists, to make their own way in the show business. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Judy Judy Judy! (And Some Others) more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mickey Rooney ... Mickey Moran

Judy Garland ... Patsy Barton
Charles Winninger ... Joe Moran
Guy Kibbee ... Judge John Black
June Preisser ... Rosalie Essex
Grace Hayes ... Florrie Moran
Betty Jaynes ... Molly Moran
Douglas McPhail ... Don Brice
Rand Brooks ... Jeff Steele
Leni Lynn ... Dody Martin
Johnny Sheffield ... Bobs (as John Sheffield)
Henry Hull ... Maddox
Barnett Parker ... William Bartlett
Ann Shoemaker ... Mrs. Barton
Margaret Hamilton ... Martha Steele
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Trivia:
MGM Studio's biggest money grosser of 1939, surpassing The Wizard of Oz (1939) for that production year. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: During the girls' duet, Patsy Barton begins her solo, and Mickey Moran switches from cello plucking to piano thumping. However, the music continues as it was before, and we don't hear any amazing sounds on the piano in spite of Mickey's efforts. more
Quotes:
Michael C. 'Mickey' Moran: No, no, no, judge! You don't understand; she don't understand, either. Oh, she don't mean no harm to us, but... we're not her kind of people - or yours, either. We belong in show business. We gotta start young so we can get some steel in our backbone. Well, gee, we're developing. You couldn't teach us a trade: we've GOT one. And you couldn't do without it... more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy (1998) more
Soundtrack:
De Camptown Races more

FAQ

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Judy Judy Judy! (And Some Others), 1 March 2001
Author: jamison-2

This movie was done right after "Wizard of Oz" and shows Judy Garland in a more appropriate role for her age. It is great to see her and Mickey-- the "Good Morning" duet at the beginning is just priceless! Watch the opera versus swing number she does with Betty Jaynes and you can almost imagine the short "Every Sunday" with Deanna Durbin being an influence. June Preisser plays a spirited Shirley Temple parody, which was weird because I could have sworn Shirley Temple was being signed, or soon to be signed to MGM. Unfortunately, they try to make Judy be the homely one, which mystifies me because she looked absolutely gorgeous in this film. Good songs, and good numbers throughout. Yes, the minstrel scene near the end will make your jaw drop, but if we didn't have things like this on film, we would never know how it really was back then, and therefore not know how hard it really was.

Oh, and Mickey Rooney was good, too. Hyper, but good.

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