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Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

1941Movie⏱️ 1h 58mApproved
ComedyFamilyMusicalRomance
6.6
IMDB Rating
1,774 votes

Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.

Director
Busby Berkeley
Writers
Fred F. Finklehoffe, Elaine Ryan
Stars
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter
Language
English
Country
United States
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Nominations
💬 43
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney
as Tommy Williams
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
as Penny Morris
Fay Bainter
Fay Bainter
as Miss Jones
Virginia Weidler
Virginia Weidler
as Barbara Jo
Ray McDonald
Ray McDonald
as Ray Lambert
Richard Quine
Richard Quine
as Morton Hammond
Donald Meek
Donald Meek
as Mr. Stone
👤
Alexander Woollcott
as Alexander Woollcott
Luis Alberni
Luis Alberni
as Nick
James Gleason
James Gleason
as Thornton Reed

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production
Loew's

🏷️ Keywords

teenage boyteenage girlblackfacedancerdancing

🎯 Categories

ComedyFamilyMusicalRomance

⭐ Featured Review

I Like Them Fine, How About You?
by bkoganbing2007-09-23
7/10

"Despite the fact the Busby Berkeley finale was a minstrel show, I like Babes on Broadway just fine. If you want to see Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland as a team at their peak, this isn't the film. But I like it fine anyway Mickey is a member of a trio which also consists of Ray McDonald and Richard Quine singing for their supper at a one armed spaghetti joint owned by Luis Alberni. One of the three customers in the joint one night is Broadway girl Friday, Fay Bainter who loves the act and Mickey especially. She spends the rest of the film trying to get ulcer ridden producer James Gleason ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Vincente Minnelli conceived and supervised the "Ghost Theater" sequence where Garland and Rooney imitate theatrical notables of the past.

📖 Synopsis

Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.