Words
& Music
1948
Starring
Tom Drake
Mickey Rooney
Janet Leigh
The life and works of Rodgers and Hart given the Hollywood treatment.
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