Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Babes In Arms (1939)


BABES IN ARMS  (1939)  
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    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.