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Some great songs
and "guest" appearances from Judy Garland Gene Kelly and others |
Words
& Music
1948
Starring
Tom Drake
Mickey Rooney
Janet Leigh
The life and works of Rodgers and Hart given the Hollywood treatment.
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Some great songs
and "guest" appearances from Judy Garland Gene Kelly and others |
Janet described Mickey
Rooney as
"A mental and physical tornado who, if wired-up
could have generated all the electric power for Los Angeles
County".
In this film Janet got to star with
Mickey, Judy Garland ,
Tom Drake, Gene Kelly
and
Lena Horne
whom she had previously idolised
Watching the diminutive
Mickey Rooney
dance "cheek to chest" with Janet,
I wonder how many takes he had to do before he got it right!
Directed by
Norman Taurog