"The merriest pair on the screen!" 27 September 1940 Comedy, Music, Romance 120 mins
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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Mickey Rooney as Jimmy Connors
Judy Garland as Mary Holden
June Preisser as Barbara Frances Morgan
William Tracy as Phillip Turner
Larry Nunn as Willie Brewster
Paul Whiteman as Paul Whiteman
Margaret Early as Annie
Ann Shoemaker as Mrs. Connors
Francis Pierlot as Mr. Judd
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. May Holden
George Lessey as Mr. Morgan
Enid Bennett as Mrs. Morgan
Howard Hickman as Doctor
Sarah Edwards as Miss Hodges
Milton Kibbee as Mr. Holden
Helen Jerome Eddy as Mrs. Brewster
Ray June Director of Photography
Arthur Freed Producer
Busby Berkeley Director
Fred F. Finklehoffe Screenplay
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
John Monks Jr. Screenplay
George Gershwin Songs
Ira Gershwin Lyricist
George Gershwin Original Music Composer
En Avant la Musique Trailer
Vi jazzkungar Trailer
United States 27 September 1940
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Jimmy (Mickey Rooney)and Mary (Judy Garland) discuss ideas for a new school band.
Mickey and Judy dance with some of the oldest high schoolers in the country! Edited to meet YouTube time restrictions. Directed by Busby Berkeley music and ...
Poignant scene from the 1940 Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland film "Strike Up the Band". Rights belong to Warner Brothers.
1948 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney star as a pair of talented teenagers who stage an orchestra show intending to enter a competition in Connors ...
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