The final week of the July Four gets musical with those lovable scamps Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. The third film the two musical dynamos made, Babes in Arms was Warner Bros. biggest moneymaker for the year, beating out the other Judy Garland movie out, a little film called The Wizard of Oz that read more
Mickey and Judy put on a show in Babes in Arms.
The Director: Busby Berkeley.
The Stars: Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.
Source Material: The Broadway musical Babes in Arms by Richard Rodger and Lorenz Hart.
A watchful Mickey Rooney oversees Judy Garland placing her han read more
Babes in Arms
Directed by Busby Berkeley
Written by Jack McGowan and Kay Van Riper based on the play by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart
1939/USA
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
First viewing/Netflix rental
#140 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die I love both movie musicals and Judy Garland but I couldn read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 20, 2013
The Busby Berkeley musical Babes in Arms (1939) proved an important moment in Mickey Rooney’s career; his role as showbiz hopeful Mickey Moran earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor, in a year when the competition included Clark Gable for Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier for read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 20, 2013
The Busby Berkeley musical Babes in Arms (1939) proved an important moment in Mickey Rooney’s career; his role as showbiz hopeful Mickey Moran earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor, in a year when the competition included Clark Gable for Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier for read more
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on Jun 20, 2013
The Busby Berkeley musical Babes in Arms (1939) proved an important moment in Mickey Rooney’s career; his role as showbiz hopeful Mickey Moran earned him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor, in a year when the competition included Clark Gable for Gone with the Wind, Laurence Olivier for read more
