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Babes in Arms

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland
Directed byBusby Berkeley
Written byJack McGowan
Kay Van Riper
Annalee Whitmore
StarringMickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)1939
Running time93 min.
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
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Babes in Arms is the 1939 film version of the 1937 Broadway musical, Babes in Arms. The film version stars Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee, June Preisser, Grace Hayes and Betty Jaynes.

The movie was written by Jack McGowan, Kay Van Riper and Annalee Whitmore (uncredited). It was directed by Busby Berkeley.

The original Broadway script was revamped to accommodate Hollywood standards. It concerns a group of youngsters trying to put on a show to prove their vaudevillian parents wrong and make it to Broadway to prove their point. Huge production numbers, romance troubles, and scoffing of producers are included.

Most of the Rodgers and Hart songs were cut, except for the title tune, "The Lady Is a Tramp" (used as background music during a dinner scene), and "Where or When". Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown wrote new songs for the film including "Good Morning" (later made famous in Singin' in the Rain) and "God's Country" (from the Broadway musical Hooray for What). Garland and Rooney later sang "I Wish I Were in Love Again" from the Broadway version of the show in the 1948 Rodgers and Hart biopic Words and Music. Garland also sang "Johnny One Note" in the same picture.

The original release of the film included a segment during the finale in which Rooney and Garland lampoon Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt; this was edited from the film during a later reissue and not restored until the 1990s.

It was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Mickey Rooney, who was 19 at the time) and Best Music, Scoring.

Filming of Babes in Arms began on May 12, 1939 and was completed on July 18, 1939. The film premiered on October 13, 1939.

Main cast and characters

Mickey Rooney as Mickey Moran.
Judy Garland as Patsy Barton

Other cast members

Charles Winningeras Joe Moran
Guy Kibbeeas Judge John Black
June Preisseras Rosalie Essex
Grace Hayesas Florrie Moran
Betty Jaynesas Molly Moran
Douglas McPhailas Don Brice
Rand Brooksas Jeff Steele
Leni Lynnas Dody Martin

DVD Release

Babes in Arms 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 in Arms, Babes on Broadway, Girl Crazy, and Strike Up the Band, as well as a fifth disc containing bonus features on Mickey and Judy. [1]

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Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer.
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Mickey Rooney

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Birth name Joseph Yule, Jr.
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Judy Garland

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Founded April 16, 1924
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Music Richard Rodgers
Lyrics Lorenz Hart
Book Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Productions 1937 Broadway
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Babes in Arms
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Mickey Rooney

from the trailer for The Human Comedy (1943)
Birth name Joseph Yule, Jr.
Born September 23 1920 (1920--) (age 87)
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Judy Garland

from the trailer for A Star Is Born
Birth name Frances Ethel Gumm
Born May 10 1922(1922--)
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Charles Winninger

in State Fair (1945)

Born May 26, 1884
Athens, Wisconsin, USA
Died January 27, 1969
Palm Springs, California, USA

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Guy Kibbee

Birth name Guy Bridges Kibbee
Born March 6 1882(1882--)
El Paso, Texas, USA

Died May 24 1956 (aged 74) (parkinson's disease)
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Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer.
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Arthur Freed (September 9, 1894 - April 12, 1973) was born Arthur Grossman in Charleston, South Carolina. He was an American lyricist and a Hollywood film producer.

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Nacio Herb Brown (February 22, 1896 - September 28, 1964) was an American writer of popular songs, movie scores, and Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s.

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Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry.
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