- Babes on Broadway
Infobox Film
name = Babes on Broadway
caption = Promotional movie poster for the film
director =Busby Berkeley
producer =Arthur Freed
writer =Fred F. Finklehoffe
narrator =
starring =Judy Garland Mickey Rooney
music =
cinematography =Lester White
editing =Fredrick Y. Smith
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
released = 1941
runtime = 118 min.
country =U.S.A.
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:3548
imdb_id = 0034485"Babes on Broadway" is a 1941 musical movie starring
Judy Garland ,Mickey Rooney ,Fay Bainter , andVirginia Weidler and directed byBusby Berkeley .Donna Reed andMargaret 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 inblackface .This was the 3rd film in the 'Back-yard Musical' Series. Others included
Babes In Arms (1939),Strike Up The Band (1940) andGirl Crazy (1943)"Good News" (1947) and "
Summer Stock " (1950) were also planned to become part of the series, althoughJudy Garland starred in the latter withGene Kelly .The film was stalled part way through production when
Judy Garland secretly flew to Las Vegas to wed her first husbandDavid Rose . She was 19 years old.DVD Release
"Babes on Broadway" will be released on DVD for the first time as part of
Warner Bros. 5-disc DVD set The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection on September 25, 2007. The set will contain "Babes on Broadway", "Babes in Arms", "Girl Crazy ", and "Strike Up the Band ", as well as a fifth disc containing bonus features on Mickey and Judy. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RT99FG Amazon.com: The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection (Babes in Arms / Babes on Broadway / Girl Crazy / Strike Up the Band): Movies & TV: Mickey Rooney,Judy Garland ] ]Cast
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Mickey Rooney - Tommy Williams
*Judy Garland - Penny Morris
*Fay Bainter - Miss 'Jonesy' Jones
*Virginia Weidler - Barbara Josephine 'Jo' Conway
*Ray McDonald - Ray Lambert
*Richard Quine - Morton 'Hammy' Hammond
*Donald Meek - Mr. Stone
*Alexander Woollcott - Himself
*Luis Alberni - Nick
*James Gleason - Thornton Reed
*Emma Dunn - Mrs. Williams
*Anne Rooney - Jenny
*Donna Reed - Jonsey's Secretary
*Margaret O'Brien - Maxine, Little Girl at Audition
*Ava Gardner - Pitt-Astor GirlMusical Numbers
*"Babes on Broadway" (Main Title) (MGM Studio Chorus)
*"Anything Can Happen in New York" (Mickey Rooney, Ray McDonald, and Richard Quine)
*"How About You? " (Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney)
*"Hoe Down" (Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Six Hits and a Miss, The Five Musical Maids, and MGM Studio Chorus)
*"Chin Up! Cheerio! Carry On!" (Judy Garland, St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers, and MGM Studio Chorus)Ghost Theater Sequence:
*"Cyrano de Bergerac " (Mickey Rooney asRichard Mansfield )
*"Mary's a Grand Old Name" (Judy Garland asFay Templeton )
*"She's Ma Daisy" (Mickey Rooney asHarry Lauder )
*"I've Got Rings On My Fingers " (Judy Garland asBlanche Ring )
*"La Marseillaise " (Judy Garland asSarah Bernhardt )
*"The Yankee Doodle Boy " (Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland)*"Bombshell from Brazil" (Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Richard Quine, Ray McDonald, Virginia Weidler, Anne Rooney, Robert Bradford, and MGM Studio Chorus)
*"Mama Yo Quiero" (Mickey Rooney)Minstrel Show Sequence:
*"Blackout Over Broadway" (Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Ray McDonald, Virginia Weidler, Richard Quine, Anne Rooney and MGM Studio Chorus)
*"By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (Ray McDonald)
*"Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones" (Judy Garland and MGM Studio Chorus)
*"Old Folks at Home " (Eddie Peabody on banjo, dubbing for Mickey Rooney)
*"Alabamy Bound " (Eddie Peabody on banjo, dubbing for Mickey Rooney)
*"Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" (Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Virginia Weidler, Anne Rooney, Richard Quine, and MGM Studio Chorus)
*"Babes on Broadway" (Finale) (Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald, Richard Quine, and MGM Studio Chorus)References
External
*imdb title|id=0034485|title=Babes on Broadway
* [http://www.thejudyroom.com/discography/soundtracks/babesbway2.html The Judy Garland Online Discography "Babes On Broadway" pages.]
* [http://www.jgdb.com/babes.htm Babes On Broadway Page.]
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