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It ran in philadelphia that year, unsuccessfully, and on broadway in 1930 after the original book by george s. The film was directed by busby berkeley and stars mickey rooney and judy garland, in the second of a series of musicals they costarred in, after babes in arms, all directed by berkeley. With mickey rooney, judy garland, paul whiteman and orchestra, june preisser. For that matter, it was our first judy garland movie we ever saw. Other articles where strike up the band is discussed. Strike up the band is a 1940 american musical film produced by the arthur freed unit at metrogoldwynmayer. Strike up the band 1940 cast and crew teenage drummer jimmy connors mickey rooney dreams of winning the contest for school bands hosted by popular band leader paul whiteman himself. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Aside from the title tune, the 1940 judy garlandmickey rooney musical film strike up the band had no relation to the stage production.
Jimmy and mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. Strike up the band 1940 official trailer judy garland, mickey rooney movie hd subscribe to classic trailers. To raise their traveling expenses, the band stages a gay nineties melodrama for the elks club, but afterward they are still short fifty dollars for the trip. Stream free strike up the band full movie online on marvel. Strike up the band was the second of four backyard musicals mickey rooney and judy garland made together between 1939 and 1943. He hopes to enter a competition being held in chicago by the great orchestra leader paul whiteman. This time, rooney wants to organize a highschool band.
Read the strike up the band movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. In 1940 rooney was in the middle of his three year reign as the biggest box office attraction in the country garland ranked tenth that year and, not surprisingly, he gets the lions share of screen time in this exuberant mgm musical. While the plotline is similar to many mgm backyard musicals, it is still lots of fun and unique in its own way. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. Jimmy connors and his girlfriend want to take part in paul whitemans highschools band contest, but they cannot afford the fare. Most of the music is georges, but the plot of the movie has nothing to do with the original stage. Rooney and company do a splendid job with a gay nineties spoof, ala vaudeville, that had me laughing out loud a number of times.
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Judy garland, mickey rooney and the band in strike up the band 1940. But per chance they meet paul whiteman in person and are able to convince him that their band is good enough, so he lends them the money. The plot is still awfully slight there was a moment near the end of the film that drew out quite an eye roll from me, and the film still has too much mickey rooney in it for its own good, but berkeleys. Among cinemas many treasures, few are as delightfully entertaining as the musical pairings of judy garland and mickey rooney. Yes, its the irrepressible mickey rooney, teamed up again with judy garland to show the grownups how to do things right.
Jimmys troubles multiply when barbara frances morgan. Overview of strike up the band, 1940, directed by busby berkeley, with mickey rooney, judy garland, paul whiteman and his orchestra, at turner classic. The overture is often performed as a standalone concert work. Strike up the band is a 1940 musical featuring judy garland and mickey rooney, their fifth movie together. America declares war on switzerland over a trivial trade issue. Strike up the band 1940 official trailer judy garland, mickey rooney movie hd. The eventual follow up, strike up the band sees mickey and judy go bigger with a larger budget and runtime.
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Jul 26, 2016 strike up the band 1940 after babes in arms 1939 rampant success mgm thought, hey, those crazy kids have something special. February 23 walt disneys animated film pinocchio is released, which is first considered a failure, but gain a cult following and is now considered one of the greatest films of all time. Released 1940, strike up the band stars mickey rooney, judy garland, paul whiteman the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 0 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic, which put. Strike up the band 1940 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Strike up the band 1940 in the 1940 movie strike up the band.
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