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Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a group of small-town Long Island teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm by the town sheriff when their actor parents go on the road for five months in an effort to earn ...
- Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
- 1937
Babes in Arms: Directed by Busby Berkeley. With Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee. A group of vaudevillians struggling to compete with talkies hits the road hoping for a comeback.
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- Comedy, Musical
- Busby Berkeley
- 1939-10-13
Babes in Arms is the 1939 American film version of the 1937 coming-of-age Broadway musical of the same title. Directed by Busby Berkeley, it stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and features Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee, June Preisser, Grace Hayes, and Betty Jaynes.
Hailed as one of the finest musical comedies of its era, Babes in Arms introduced several songs into the American Songbook, including “My Funny Valentine,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Where or When,” “Johnny One-Note” and “I Wish I Were in Love Again.” The quintessential “let’s put on a show” musical was adapted into a hit ...
BABES IN ARMS CONDENSED SYNOPSIS. To save themselves from being sent to a work farm, a group of “babes in arms” – the children of old vaudeville troupers – produce a musical revue. Unfortunately, their venture is financially unsuccessful, and they must resort to farm labor after all.
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BABES IN ARMS. STUDIO: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. PRODUCTION NUMBER: 1088. PRODUCTION DATES: April – July 1939. PRODUCTION COST: $745,341.03. RUNNING TIME: 91 minutes. RELEASE DATE: October 10, 1939 (premiere)/General Release: October 13, 1939. The film also had an early opening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 7, 1939.
