Words and Music
“The BIGGEST musical!”
1948•NR•2h 1m•5.8•Released
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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 numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.
Director
Norman Taurog
Writer
Fred F. Finklehoffe, Lorenz Hart
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Tom Drake
Richard Rodgers
Mickey Rooney
Lorenz Hart
Janet Leigh
Dorothy Feiner
Marshall Thompson
Herbert Fields
Betty Garrett
Peggy Lorgan McNeil
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Hart
Ann Sothern
Joyce Harmon
Perry Como
Eddie Lorrison Anders
Cyd Charisse
Margo Grant
Richard Quine
Ben Feiner Jr.
June Allyson
Alisande La Carteloise
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Vera-Ellen
Vera-Ellen
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Arthur Freed
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