Girl Crazy (1943)

Directors:

Norman Taurog
Busby Berkeley

Writers:

Guy Bolton (musical play) and
Jack McGowan (musical play) ...
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Release Date:

26 November 1943 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical | Romance

Tagline:

LOVE OR LUNACY? It's the wild cry of a "girl-crazy" cowboy...but one clear-eyed daughter of the west ropes and ties him!

Plot:

Rich kid Danny Churchill (Rooney) has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education...

Plot Keywords:

College | Dean | Newspaper | Marriage Proposal | Eavesdropping

Cast

Mickey Rooney	...	Danny Churchill, Jr.
Judy Garland	...	Ginger Gray
Gil Stratton	...	Bud Livermore
Robert E. Strickland	...	Henry Lathrop
Rags Ragland	...	'Rags' (as 'Rags' Ragland)
June Allyson	...	Specialty Singer
Nancy Walker	...	Polly Williams
Guy Kibbee	...	Dean Phineas Armour
Frances Rafferty	...	Marjorie Tait
Henry O'Neill	...	Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Howard Freeman	...	Governor Tait
Tommy Dorsey	...	Himself - Bandleader Tommy Dorsey
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	...	Themselves - Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra
Six Hits and a Miss	...	Themselves - Vocalists
The Music Maids	...	Themselves - Vocalists
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irving Bacon	...	John (uncredited)
William Beaudine Jr.	...	Tom (uncredited)
Vangie Beilby	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
William Bishop	...	Radio Man (uncredited)
Karin Booth	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley	...	Governor's Crony (uncredited)
Hazel Brooks	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Jess Lee Brooks	...	Buckets (uncredited)
Jimmy Butler	...	Student (uncredited)
Sally Cairns	...	Checkroom Girl (uncredited)
Georgia Carroll	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Fred Coby	...	Radio Man (uncredited)
Charles Coleman	...	Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
Inez Cooper	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Linda Deane	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Harry Depp	...	Short Nervous Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
Helen Dickson	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
Natalie Draper	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Mary Elliott	...	Southern Girl (uncredited)
John Estes	...	Student (uncredited)
Mary Jane French	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Carole Gallagher	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Joe Geil	...	Student (uncredited)
Julia Griffith	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
Aileen Haley	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Dick Haymes	...	Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers (uncredited)
Rose Higgins	...	Indian Squaw (uncredited)
John Huddleston	...	Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers (uncredited)
Virginia Hunter	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet	...	Roly-Poly Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
Richard Kipling	...	Dignified Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
Peter Lawford	...	Student (uncredited)
Peggy Leon	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
Bob Lowell	...	Student (uncredited)
Chuck Lowry	...	Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers (uncredited)
Frances MacInerney	...	Checkroom Girl (uncredited)
Chief Many Treaties	...	Indian Chief (uncredited)
Roger Moore	...	Cameraman (uncredited)
Sandra Morgan	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
Aileen Morris	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Buddy Morrow	...	Himself - Musician with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (uncredited)
Noreen Nash	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Spec O'Donnell	...	Fiddle Player (uncredited)
George Offerman Jr.	...	Governor's Messenger (uncredited)
The Pied Pipers	...	Themselves - Vocalists (uncredited)
Victor Potel	...	Station Master (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore	...	Fat Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
Blanche Rose	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
The Stafford Sisters	...	Themselves - Vocalists (uncredited)
Jo Stafford	...	Herself - Member of the Pied Pipers (uncredited)
Ken Stewart	...	Student (uncredited)
Don Taylor	...	Student (uncredited)
Melissa Ten Eyck	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
Charles Walters	...	Student (uncredited)
Frances Ward	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
James Warren	...	Radio Man (uncredited)
Lillian West	...	Committee Woman (uncredited)
Eve Whitney	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Kay Williams	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Clark Yocum	...	Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers (uncredited)

Directed by
Norman Taurog
Busby Berkeley		("I Got Rhythm" number)

Writing credits
Guy Bolton		(musical play) and
Jack McGowan		(musical play)
Fred F. Finklehoffe		(screenplay)
Dorothy Kingsley		contributing writer (uncredited)
William Ludwig		contributing writer (uncredited)
Sid Silvers		uncredited

Produced by
Arthur Freed	....	producer

Original Music by
Conrad Salinger		(uncredited)
George Stoll		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
William H. Daniels		(as William Daniels)
Robert H. Planck		(director of photography) (as Robert Planck)

Film Editing by
Albert Akst

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph Boyle	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Mac Alper	....	associate set decorator
Harry McAfee	....	associate art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director
William Steinkamp	....	sound (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Irene	....	costume supervisor
Irene Sharaff	....	associate costume supervisor (as Sharaff)

Music Department
Ralph Blane	....	vocal arranger
Roger Edens	....	music adaptor
Hugh Martin	....	vocal arranger
Sy Oliver	....	orchestrator
Merrill Pye	....	musical presentations
Conrad Salinger	....	orchestrator
George Stoll	....	musical director (as Georgie Stoll)
Axel Stordahl	....	orchestrator
George Bassman	....	composer: title music (uncredited)
George Bassman	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Sidney Cutner	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Ted Duncan	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Richard Hayman	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Fletcher Henderson	....	music arranger (uncredited)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Joseph Nussbaum	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
David Raksin	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)
David Raksin	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Schutt	....	musician: piano dubbing for Mickey Rooney (uncredited)

Other crew
Charles Walters	....	dance director
Jack Donohue	....	dance director (uncredited)
Sheila Rae	....	assistant dance director (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
• Loew's (as Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1943) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

When the Girls Meet the Boys (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved (PCA #9139) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

Another number, "Ginger Dear" by Roger Edens was recorded but deleted before release.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Ginger arrives at the college and sees Danny get put onto a horse by some of the students to ride off to a campfire, there seems to be a trainer squatted behind an abandoned carriage cuing the horses.

Quotes:

Polly Williams: Hi ya Church, hows your steeple?
Danny Churchill, Jr.: So long Polly, watch your crackers!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Main Street Today (1944)

Soundtrack:

Could You Use Me?

A fabulous songfest

Judy and Mickey, one of the best team-ups in the history of motion pictures, team up again in this rather fun musical. With Tommy Dorsey and his band there, and with Gershwin-composed songs, really, what more can you ask? I consider Judy's rendition of "But Not For Me" to be one of her best songs.

He's (Danny Churchill Jr. - Mickey Rooney) the playboy, who fools around with girls too much and is sent out west to a "all boys college- Cody College- to reform" He did not even reach there yet when he saw two legs sticking out of a stalled car. Even in jeans, they could be none other's than Ginger Gray, the granddaughter of the dean of Cody. He tries to get her hand in love, but to no avail. She's just laughing at the way he is trying to adjust to western life. He can't ride a horse correctly, and looks ....well, weird in Western clothing. When Danny finally wants to quit, Ginger drives him to the train station. He tries, for one last time, to convince her in a song, but she rejects him continuing the song. When she drops him in the station, he decides to walk back because of his love for Ginger. As the two fall in love, the college receives news that it is closing down. Should Danny stay to save both Ginger and the college? Or should he take Ginger and run back to New York and his former college, Yale? Find out in this exciting video.