Babes on Broadway (1941)
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Synopsis of Babes on Broadway
Advertised as a sort of sequel to MGM's Babes in Arms (1939), Babes on Broadway reunites the two stars of the earlier film: Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. Rooney is the guiding force of a group of young showbiz hopefuls who are trying to make it on Broadway. When things look darkest, he goes into his "Say, kids!" routine, rousing his companions to put on their own show. Highlights include a sequence in which Rooney and Garland go through a series of imitations of past theatrical greats. As cute and perky as Garland is, she has nothing on the "Carmen Miranda" takeoff performed--in full makeup and platform shoes--by the ubiquitous Rooney. Babes on Broadway ends with a typically overproduced production number stage by the film's director, the immortal Busby Berkeley. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Babes on Broadway
- Mickey Rooney - Tommy Williams
- Richard Quine - Morion "Hammy" Hammond
- Virginia Weidler - Barbara Jo Conway
- Donald Meek - Mr. Stone
- Luis Alberni - Nicky
- Donna Reed - Secretary
- Frederick Burton - Prof. Morris
- Emma Dunn - Mrs. Williams
- Dick Baron - Butch
- Joe Yule - Mason, Aide to Reed
- Will Lee - Waiter
- William Post, Jr. - Announcer
- Judy Garland - Penny Morris
- Fay Bainter - Miss Jones
- Ray McDonald - Ray Lambert
- Alexander Woollcott - Himself
- James Gleason - Thornton Reed
- Margaret O'Brien - Bit Part
- Charles Wagenheim - Composer
- Anne Rooney - Pit Astor Girl
- Carl Stockdale - Man
- Cliff Clark - Inspector Moriarty
- Dorothy Morris - Pit Astor Girl
- Director(s):
- Busby Berkeley
- Writer(s):
- Elaine Ryan, Fred F. Finklehoffe
- Producer(s):
- Arthur Freed
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