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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
Featured review
Mickey Rooney - A Talent Unsurpassed and Unappreciated
To get an idea of just how talented a performer Mickey Rooney is, watch his banjo playing in the movie's final number, The Robert E. Lee. At first you may think he's just going through the motions, but he's actually playing the banjo for the last 3 minutes of the movie. His dance numbers are also superb.He was at the height of his popularity when this 1941 movie came out, the #1 Box Office Male Star for 6 years in a row. To say this movie is too sugary, is a cheap shot and you must put it into perspective of when it was made. (The black face number at the end was far from sugary). Rooney dances and imitates Cagney in Yankee Doodle; He does a perfect impersonation of Carmen Miranda in another number and the finale is worth the price of admission. Corny, yes. Talented? precisely.
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- Aug 6, 2005
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Box office
- Budget
- $940,068 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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