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Babes on Broadway
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| Babes on Broadway | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Written by | Fred F. Finklehoffe |
| Starring | Judy Garland Mickey Rooney |
| Cinematography | Lester White |
| Editing by | Fredrick Y. Smith |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | 1941 |
| Running time | 118 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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| IMDb profile | |
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 musical movie starring Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, and Virginia Weidler and directed by Busby Berkeley. Donna Reed and Margaret O'Brien have bit parts.
Songs include: "How About You?", "Hoe Down", "Bombshell from Brazil", and "Chin Up, Cheerio, Carry On", "Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones", as well as such standards as "Mama Yo Quiero", "The Yankee Doodle Boy", and "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee".
The movie ends with a minstrel show performed by the main cast in blackface.
This was the 3rd film in the 'Back-yard Musical' Series. Others included Babes In Arms (1939), Strike Up The Band (1940) and Girl Crazy (1943)
Good News (1947) and Summer Stock (1950) were also planned to become part of the series. Although Judy Garland starred in the latter with Gene Kelly.
The film was stalled part way through production when Judy Garland secretly flew to Las Vegas to wed her first husband David Rose. She was 19 years old.
- Babes on Broadway at the Internet Movie Database
- The Judy Garland Online Discography "Babes On Broadway" pages.
- Babes On Broadway Page.
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