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For three straight years, 1939-1941, he was the highest-grossing star in Hollywood, tying Clark Gable’s record for a male actor.2 He made a lot of his money pounding out a series of “teen-age” musicals with Judy Garland — most of them ending up with the kids putting on a show in Mickey’s barn.3 Words and Music was Rooney’s last lead role in an “A” picture. He was simply too ...
Sep 15, 2024 · MSRP: $21.99. The Production: 3.5/5. As it had proven two years before with Till the Clouds Rolls By, MGM was the go-to studio for a screen biography of musical theater royalty. With three musical production units on the lot, a host of directors and choreographers at the ready, and a slate of musical talent second to none in the industry, MGM ...
Words and Music, a fictionalized biopic of lyricist Lorenz Hart (Mickey Rooney), is an above-average MGM musical from director Norman Taurog.As a biopic focused on the songwriting duo of Hart and composer Richard Rodgers (Tom Drake), the musical numbers play like a greatest hits collection, and the strength of the tunes is a clear strength of the film overall.
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Oct 5, 2024 · The showstopper is one of Gene Kelly’s earliest ‘music ballet’ extravaganzas — he dances Apache with Vera-Ellen in the dynamic Hart-Rodgers composition Slaughter on 10th Avenue. It’s pretty exciting — ballet art masks some pretty erotic moves. With an excellent audio commentary by Richard Barrios. On Blu-ray from The Warner Archive ...
Words and Music is a 1948 American biographical musical film loosely based on the creative partnership of the composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. The film stars Mickey Rooney as Hart and Tom Drake as Rodgers, along with Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Ann Sothern and numerous musical stars. It was the second in a series of MGM ...
Lorenz Hart. Writer. Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged ...
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Words and Music: Directed by Norman Taurog. With June Allyson, Perry Como, Judy Garland, Lena Horne. Musical biography chronicling the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.
