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6.6/10
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Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star in a musical directed by Busby Berkeley as two talented teenagers dreaming of success as Babes on Broadway.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
Carl Stockdale
- Man
- (scenes deleted)
Rene Austin
- Elinor Downing, War Refugee
- (uncredited)
Dick Baron
- Butch
- (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford
- Mrs. Crainen, the Matron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaVincente Minnelli conceived and supervised the "Ghost Theater" sequence where Garland and Rooney imitate theatrical notables of the past.
- GoofsWhen Alexander Woollcott is introducing the story, at one point his bow tie disappears and his collar is open.
- Quotes
Maxine, Little Girl at Audition: Please wait, don't send my brother to the chair, don't let him burn, please, please warden, please.
- Alternate versionsSome older television prints of the film delete the minstrel show finale.
- ConnectionsEdited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
- SoundtracksBabes on Broadway
(uncredited)
Music by Burton Lane
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Played and sung by a chorus during the opening credits
Reprised as a production number with the principal cast near the end
Sung and danced to by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in blackface
Danced to by Ray McDonald in blackface
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Mickey Rooney at light speed
This is one of those Hollywood 'Let's put on a show!' movies that were so popular in that bygone era. Such ha sense of sadness, though, when you realize that so many of the stars died young(Judy Garland-47, Ray McDonald-34, Virginia Weidler-41). Mickey Rooney, always a little high-strung, outdoes himself here, as he seems a 78RPM record, while everyone else is moving at 33 1/3. The minstrel number at the end is really quite embarrassing by today's standards, but it was the sort of thing they could get away with in those days. Quite a few of the standard 'view from above' shots common in Busby Berkeley films. I found it interesting as a look back at a bygone time that never really was.
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- apir51
- Apr 7, 2004
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Box office
- Budget
- $940,068 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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