Babes in Arms
Screening on Film
Directed by Busby Berkeley.
With Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger.
US, 1939, 35mm, black & white, 93 min.
With Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger.
US, 1939, 35mm, black & white, 93 min.
Based on the Rodgers and Hart musical, the film stars Mickey Rooney as the son of an old vaudevillian (Winninger) who decides to put on a show to save his father and his fellow performers from hardhsip. Babes in Arms was the first musical collaboration between Rooney and Judy Garland, who give a spirited rendition of the title song as well as other Rodgers and Hart classics. It also marked Berkeley’s first venture as a director for MGM, putting an official end to the era of the Warner spectaculars.
