Babes on Broadway

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Babes on Broadway

Released Dec 31, 1941

1h 58m

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Comedy

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The third installment in the "Backyard Musical" trilogy, "Babes on Broadway" follows restaurant singer Tommy Williams (Mickey Rooney) on his quest to make it to Broadway. Penny Morris (Judy Garland), also a singer, teams up with Tommy to produce a show that will benefit orphaned children. What Penny doesn't know is that Tommy is actually the only one who will benefit from the show. Tommy struggles to maintain his friendships and his morals as he strives for fame and fortune in the big city.

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Dave Kehr

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there are a lot of now-mysterious impressions of famous Broadway stars of the period, but otherwise the show is pretty darn good.

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

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A superb sequel to Babes in Arms, also directed by Berkeley, this musical sees Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney impersonate Carmen Miranda, George Cohan; the couple's appearance in black face was not controversial at the time.

Rated: B+

Jul 14, 2009

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william d

The movie drags a bit in the middle, but rallies for a rousing finale. Garland and Rooney are terrific,

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Everyone is doing their high kicks cheerily to "The Robert E. Lee" in blackface in this one, it's even featured in the trailer for the film. Watch at the risk of uncomfortable conversations with yourself.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

The best musical movie ever made! With the best movie song ever sung: How About You?!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

Sensational. If you don't like old time movies or musicals, you will despise this film. To everyone else, it's a nonstop, feel good, delightful film filled with great songs, singing and dancing. I don't need to say anymore

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Possibly Garland & Rooney's most elaborate musical together; overlong and overly sentimental, but the score includes the Oscar-nominated "How About You?"

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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a sequel of sorts to 1939's 'babes in arms'

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Busby Berkeley

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Mickey Rooney

Tommy "Tom" Williams

Judy Garland

Penny Morris

Fay Bainter

Miss "Jonesy" Jones

Virginia Weidler

Barbara Josephine "Jo" Conway

Ray McDonald

Ray Lambert

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Synopsis

The third installment in the "Backyard Musical" trilogy, "Babes on Broadway" follows restaurant singer Tommy Williams (Mickey Rooney) on his quest to make it to Broadway. Penny Morris (Judy Garland), also a singer, teams up with Tommy to produce a show that will benefit orphaned children. What Penny doesn't know is that Tommy is actually the only one who will benefit from the show. Tommy struggles to maintain his friendships and his morals as he strives for fame and fortune in the big city.

Director: Busby Berkeley
Producer: Arthur Freed
Screenwriter: Fred F. Finklehoffe, Elaine Ryan
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 31, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2016
Runtime: 1h 58m

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