Babes on Broadway (motion picture) - Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney (performers) (excerpts) (1941)
Title
Babes on Broadway (motion picture) - Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney (performers) (excerpts) (1941)
Subject
Motion pictures
Musicals--Excerpts--Scores
URL
How About You?
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Chin up! Cheerio! Carry On!
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Tu canción
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You Cry Real Pretty
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Anything Can Happen in New York
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Yankee Doodle Boy
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Description
Content Description from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babes_on_Broadway):
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and directed by Busby Berkeley, with Vincente Minnelli directing Garland's big solo numbers. The film, which features Fay Bainter and Virginia Weidler, was the third in the "Backyard Musical" series about kids who put on their own show, following Babes in Arms (1939) and Strike Up the Band (1940). Songs in the film include "Babes on Broadway" by Burton Lane (music) and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (lyrics), and "How About You?" by Lane with lyrics by Ralph Freed, the brother of producer Arthur Freed. The movie ends with a minstrel show performed by the main cast in blackface.
Ephemera: available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Page from Under Cover magazine with program circled and brief description of program; small clipping with additional paragraph describing the program. Handwritten notes on folder: Judy Sings. Together Again, Judy Garland in Concert, Babes on Broadway. Separate folder titled Babes on Broadway with one page from TV Guide, program circled. Handwritten notes in folder: Unfortunately I left out a whole sequence - 1) w/hoedown 2) & comments by host = 7th film by Rooney & Garland. He won award but she more money. He $1200 per week, She $2000 per week. They good friends. She wrote fiction on set while he socialized w/rest of actors & crew.
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Babes on Broadway is a 1941 American musical film starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland and directed by Busby Berkeley, with Vincente Minnelli directing Garland's big solo numbers. The film, which features Fay Bainter and Virginia Weidler, was the third in the "Backyard Musical" series about kids who put on their own show, following Babes in Arms (1939) and Strike Up the Band (1940). Songs in the film include "Babes on Broadway" by Burton Lane (music) and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (lyrics), and "How About You?" by Lane with lyrics by Ralph Freed, the brother of producer Arthur Freed. The movie ends with a minstrel show performed by the main cast in blackface.
Ephemera: available through the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. Page from Under Cover magazine with program circled and brief description of program; small clipping with additional paragraph describing the program. Handwritten notes on folder: Judy Sings. Together Again, Judy Garland in Concert, Babes on Broadway. Separate folder titled Babes on Broadway with one page from TV Guide, program circled. Handwritten notes in folder: Unfortunately I left out a whole sequence - 1) w/hoedown 2) & comments by host = 7th film by Rooney & Garland. He won award but she more money. He $1200 per week, She $2000 per week. They good friends. She wrote fiction on set while he socialized w/rest of actors & crew.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Busby Berkeley (director)
Fred F. Finklehoffe (screenwriter)
Arthur Freed (producer)
Judy Garland (actor)
Mickey Rooney (actor)
Mickey Rooney (actor)
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Date
1941 December 31
Citation
“Babes on Broadway (motion picture) - Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney (performers) (excerpts) (1941),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 20, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/129.