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Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Busby Berkeley and stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, in the second of a series of musicals they co-starred in, after Babes in Arms, all directed by Berkeley.
- September 27, 1940
- Arthur Freed
Strike Up the Band: Directed by Busby Berkeley. With Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman, June Preisser. A high-school boy wants to become a professional musician, and his gal pal wants to become his best girl.
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- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- Busby Berkeley
- 1940-09-27
Strike Up the Band is the second of Arthur Freed's big 'teen musicals', with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland playing Louis B. Mayer's ideal kids next door. Both Jimmy Connors and Mary Holden are enormous talents eager to spring up from the grass roots of America.
- Busby Berkeley, William Ryan
- Mickey Rooney
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Teenage drummer Jimmy Connors (Mickey Rooney) dreams of winning the contest for school bands hosted by popular band leader Paul Whiteman (himself). In order to enter, Jimmy and his pals,...
- Musical, Comedy