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Babes in Arms ()

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A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback. Frustrated to be left behind, all of their kids put on a show themselves to raise money for the families and to prove they've got talent, too.
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Mickey Moran
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Patsy Barton
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Joe Moran
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Judge Black
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Rosalie Essex
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Florrie Moran
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Molly Moran
Douglas McPhail ...
Don Brice
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Jeff Steele
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Dody Martini
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Bobs (as John Sheffield)
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Madox
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William
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Mrs. Barton
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Martha Steele
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Mr. Essex
George McKay ...
Brice
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Shaw
Lelah Tyler ...
Mrs. Brice
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles D. Brown ...
Larry Randall (uncredited)
Ann Bupp ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Vaudevillian Veteran (uncredited)
George F. Calger Jr. ...
Young Mickey Moran (uncredited)
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Mr. Parks - Druggist (uncredited)
Dick Dennis ...
Singer (uncredited)
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Fred (uncredited)
Eddie Ehrhart ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Lois James ...
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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Booking Agent (uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
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Sid (uncredited)
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Vaudevilian Celebrant (uncredited)
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Shy Youth (uncredited)
Leonard Sues ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Millicent - Rosalie's Maid (uncredited)
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Receptionist (uncredited)
Pat West ...
Vaudevillian Veteran (uncredited)
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Performer (uncredited)
Robert Winkler ...
Minor Role (uncredited)

Directed by

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Busby Berkeley

Written by

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Jack McGowan ... (screen play) and
Kay Van Riper ... (screen play)
 
Richard Rodgers ... (based on the play by) (as Richard Rogers) and
Lorenz Hart ... (based on the play by)
 
Anita Loos ... () (uncredited)
 
Noel Langley ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
John Meehan ... (contributing writer) (uncredited)
 
Florence Ryerson ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited)
 
Annalee Whitmore ... () (uncredited)
 
Edgar Allan Woolf ... (contributor to treatment) (uncredited)

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Arthur Freed ... producer

Music by

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George Bassman ... (uncredited)
George Stoll ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Ray June ... director of photography

Editing by

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Frank Sullivan

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis ... (set decorations)

Production Management

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Art Smith ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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William Ryan ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Merrill Pye ... associate art director

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dolly Tree ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Leo Arnaud ... orchestral arrangements
George Bassman ... orchestral arrangements
Roger Edens ... music adaptation
George Stoll ... musical director
Murray Cutter ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Wally Heglin ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Schutt ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Eddie Larkin ... assistant dance director (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Mickey Moran, a talented singer and musician, is son of a veteran from show business. Mickey has a partner, Patsy Barton, a pretty girl and also a very talented singer. One day, a big opportunity arrives for Mickey, a big contract to set up his own show. However, things don't go well, and in order to avoid being sent to a work farm, he'll improvise a show in the country, despite the awful weather conditions. Patsy's in love with Mickey, he loves her, too, but for him the show must go on, and his big dream maybe will come true: to formally stage his play in a big scenario, with a huge production. Written by Alejandro Frias

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Taglines Laugh LOADED! Song SPLASHED! Joy JAMMING! (print ad - Lubbock Morning Avalanche - Palace Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - Nov. 25, 1939) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Place au rythme (France)
  • Musik ist unsere Welt (Germany)
  • Los hijos de la farándula (Spain)
  • Theaterkinder (Austria)
  • T'anilika en drasei (Greece)
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  • 94 min
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Budget $748,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia MGM Studio's biggest money grosser of 1939, surpassing The Wizard of Oz (1939) for that production year. See more »
Goofs Mickey is handed a cigar by the butler during the dinner party with Rosalie. Just before he gets up from the dinner table, he puts the cigar down but in the next shot he still has the cigar in his hand and has to put it down again. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Babes in Arms See more »
Quotes Mickey Moran: [singing] Here we are together, a couple of stayer-uppers / Our day is done at breakfast time and starts it with our suppers / Here we are together, ah, but the best of friends must part-y / So let me sing this parting song from the bottom of my heart-y.
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