Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Babes In Arms (1939)
BABES IN ARMS (1939) ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
D: Busby Berkeley
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winninger,
Guy Kibbee, Margaret Hamilton, June Preisser
Mickey and Judy and the rest of the kids want to put on a show, but Margaret Hamilton from the Welfare Society wants to send them off to a work school instead. Think these kids will end up at that work school? Don't bet on it. Judy sings a couple of tunes. Mickey impersonates Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore and FDR. The elaborate blackface production number is as lively as it is (these days) culturally offensive.