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Babes on Broadway (1941)
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January 1942 (USA)
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Youth Has It's Fling ! more
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Tommy Williams desperately wants to get to Broadway, but as he is only singing in a spaghetti house for tips he is a long way off...
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Nominated for Oscar.
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Mickey Rooney - A Talent Unsurpassed and Unappreciated
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Mickey Rooney | ... | Tommy 'Tom' Williams |
 | Judy Garland | ... | Penny Morris |
 | Fay Bainter | ... | Miss 'Jonesy' Jones |
| Virginia Weidler | ... | Barbara Josephine 'Jo' Conway |
| Ray McDonald | ... | Ray Lambert |
| Richard Quine | ... | Morton 'Hammy' Hammond |
| Donald Meek | ... | Mr. Stone |
| Alexander Woollcott | ... | Himself - Town Cryer Radio Show |
| Luis Alberni | ... | Nick |
| James Gleason | ... | Thornton Reed, Theatrical Producer |
| Emma Dunn | ... | Mrs. Williams |
| Frederick Burton | ... | Mr. Theodore Morris |
| Cliff Clark | ... | Inspector Moriarity |
| William Post Jr. | ... | Woollcott's Announcer |
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| St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers | ||
| The Debutantes | ||
| The Music Maids | ||
| The Notables | ||
| The Peter Brothers | ||
| Stafford Quartet | ||
| Carl Stockdale | ... | Man (scenes deleted) |
| Stop Look and Listen Trio | ||
| The Uptowners | ||
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118 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Margaret O'Brien's film debut.
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Quotes:
Tommy 'Tom' Williams:
Will ya sing me a song?
Penny Morris: How do you know I can?
Tommy 'Tom' Williams: Because you sing when you talk. When you walk. Why your eyes, why their singing right now
Penny Morris: They are? Well I'll be darned
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Penny Morris: How do you know I can?
Tommy 'Tom' Williams: Because you sing when you talk. When you walk. Why your eyes, why their singing right now
Penny Morris: They are? Well I'll be darned
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Featured in 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
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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.