G.I. Blues
Paramount, 1960, Color, 104 minutes, ***

For his first movie after serving in the Army, Elvis found himself back in uniform, playing a singing soldier stationed in Germany who makes a bet with his buddies that he can woo a nightclub singer (leggy Juliet Prowse), and winds up falling for her. Songs include "It's Not Good Enough for You," "Frankfurt Special" and the title tune.

Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) includes this film and Blue Hawaii, Easy Come, Easy Go, Fun in Acapulco, Girls! Girls! Girls!, King Creole, Roustabout, Paradise, Hawaiian Style.

Produced by: Hal B. Wallis
Associate Producer: Paul Nathan
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Written by: Edmund Beloin and Henry Garson
Technical Advisor: Col. Tom Parker
Military Technical Advisor: Captain David S. Parkhurst
Music Director: Joseph J. Lilley
Music Scored and Conducted by: Joseph J. Lilley
Vocla Accompaniment by: The Jordanaires
Musical Numbers Staged and Choreographed by: Charles O'Curran
Art Direction: Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler
Set Decoration: Sam Comer, Ray Moyer
Costumes: Edith Head
Makeup Supervision: Wally Westmore
Hair Style Supervision: Nellie Manley
Sound Recording: Harold Lewis, Charles Grenzbach
Director of Photography: Loyal Griggs
Special Photographic Effects: John P. Fulton
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Richard Mueller
Editorial Supervision: Warren Low

Cast: Elvis Presley [Tulsa McLean], Juliet Prowse [Lili], Robert Ivers [Cookie], James Douglas [Rick], Leticia Roman [Tina], Sigrid Maier [Marla], Arch Johnson [Sergeant McGraw], Mickey Knox [Jeeter], John Hudson [Captain Hobart], Ken Becker [Mac], Jeremy Slate [Turk], Beach Dickerson [Warren], Trent Dolan [Mickey], Carl Crow [Walt], Fred Essler [Papa Mueller], Ronald Starr [Harvey], Erika Peters [Trudy], Ludwig Stossel [Puppet Show Proprietor], Additional Cast: Robert Allison Baker III [Puppeteer], F. Alton Wood [Puppeteer], Torben Meyer [Head Waiter], Bess Flowers [Patron of Cafe Europa], Marilyn Gladstone [Blonde], Joe Gray [Soldier], Dick Winslow [Orchestra Leader], The Jordanaires [backup vocals]

Musical Program: [0:07] What's She Really Like (excerpt sung a cappella by Elvis Presley in shower); [0:10] unidentified instrumental (played by Elvis Presley and The Jordanaires); [0:11] G.I. Blues (sung by Elvis Presley accompanied by The Jordanaires, danced by patrons at rathskeller); [0:15] Doin' the Best I Can (sung by Elvis Presley accompanied by The Jordanaires, danced by patrons at rathskeller); [0:17] Blue Suede Shoes (sung by Elvis Presley on jukebox); [0:25] Frankfurt Special (sung by Elvis and The Jordanaires on train); [0:31] unidentified instrumental (danced by Juliet Prowse); [0:36] Shoppin' Around (sung by Elvis Presley accompanied by The Jordanaires); [0:43] Tonight Is So Right for Love (Based on "Barcarolle" from "The Tales of Hoffman," sung by Elvis Presley accompanied by The Jordanaires); [1:02] Punch 'n' Judy Show (excerpt of "Wooden Heart" in German played on phonograph); [1:05] Wooden Heart (cute number sung in English and German by Elvis Presley with puppet, accompanied in part by Children); [1:08] Pocketful of Rainbows (sung by Elvis Presley accompanied by dubbing artist for Juliet Prowse. As is typical of many musical scenes in Elvis movies, this scene was all too obviously recorded in a studio for a record. The acoustics are all wrong for the scene, and the lip-syncing is not convincing.); [1:17] unidentified jazz number (danced by Juliet Prowse); [1:30] Big Boots (sung by Elvis Presley accompanied by a music box); [1:40] Didja' Ever (sung by Elvis Presley accompanied by The Jordanaires and Ensemble)

The Gang's All Here
20th Century-Fox, 1943, Color, 103 minutes, ***

Andy Mason (James Ellison) manages to work magic on Eadie Allen (Alice Faye), and she falls in love with him on the first date, but he has to leave for the war the very next day. Just a thin storyline to hold together a bunch of great musical numbers, including Carmen Miranda's legendary Tutti Frutti Hat number with all the big bananas, Faye's breathtaking "A Journey to a Star," and many more.

The Alice Faye Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) contains this film and That Night in Rio, Lillian Russell and On the Avenue.

The box set is very nice. The films don't look restored, but rather look like pristine prints, which I find refreshing. All too often the restoration process seems to ruin the authenticity of the film, but these discs are beautiful!

Produced by: William LeBaron
Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Screen Play by: Walter Bullock
Based on a Story by: Nancy Winter, George Root, Jr. and Tom Bridges
Musical Direction: Alfred Newman, Charles Henderson
Lyrics and Music by: Leo Robin and Harry Warren;
"Brazil" by Ary Barroso and S.K. Russell
Dances Created and Directed by: Busby Berkeley
Art Direction: James Basevi, Joseph C. Wright
Set Decorations: Thomas Little
Associate: Paul S. Fox
Costumes: Yvonne Wood
Makeup Artist: Guy Pearce
Sound: George Leverett, Roger Heman
Director of Photography: Edward Cronjager
Special Photographic Effects by: Fred Sersen
Photographed in Technicolor
Technical Director: Natalie Kalmus
Film Editor: Ray Curtiss

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Interior Decoration - Color

Cast: Alice Faye [Eadie Allen], Carmen Miranda [Dorita], Phil Baker [Himself], Benny Goodman and His Orchestra [Themselves], Eugene Pallette [Mr. Mason, Sr.], Charlotte Greenwood [Mrs. Peyton Potter], Edward Everett Horton [Peyton Potter], Tony De Marco [Himself], James Ellison [Andy Mason], Sheila Ryan [Vivian], Dave Willock [Sergeant Casey], Bando da Lua [Themselves], Additional Cast: June Haver [Maybelle, Hat Check Girl], Jeanne Crain [Girl by the Pool], Lillian Yarbo [Maid], Frank Darien[Doorman], Miriam Lavelle [Specialty Dancer], Charles Saggau, Deidre Gale [Jitterbug Dancers], Frank Faylen [Marine], Russell Hoyt [Sailor], George Dobbs [Benson], Leon Belasco [Waiter], Virginia Sale [Secretary], Leyland Hodgson [Butler], Lee Bennett [Bit Man], Al Murphy [Stage Manager], Hallene Hill [Old Lady], Gabriel Canzona [Organ Grinder], Fred Walburn [Newsboy], Virginia Wilson [Dancing Partner]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: includes a short excerpt of Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here (sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:01] Brazil (sung by Aloysio Oliveira, Carmen Miranda with Banda da Lua, and Chorus Girls); [0:04] You Discover You're in New York (sung by Carmen Miranda with Banda da Lua and Girls Chorus - Alice Faye makes a surprise entrance as one of the chorus girls); [0:07] unidentified instrumental number (danced by Tony DeMarco and Virginia Wilson, mostly in background); [0:10] instrumental number introduced as "The Uncle Samba" (played by Orchestra, danced by nightclub patrons, including Gene Pallette with Alice Faye and E. E. Horton with Carmen Miranda); [0:14] Minnie's in the Money (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, vocal by Benny Goodman, jitterbug danced by several unidentified dance couples); [0:17] A Journey to a Star (instrumental arrangement played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, danced by Alice Faye and James Ellison); [0:23] The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat (production number sung by Carmen Miranda with Banda da Lua and Girls Chorus - perhaps Miranda's best-known number, includes segment with Chorus Girls and giant bananas); [0:31] A Journey to a Star (excerpt sung by Alice Faye); [0:39] The Jitters (instrumental played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, danced by Charlotte Greenwood and Charles Saggau); [0:49] No Love, No Nothin' (sung by Alice Faye with Benny Goodman and His Orchestra) [1:00] No Love, No Nothin' (instrumental arrangement played by Benny Goodman and His Ochestra, danced by Tony DeMarco and Sheila Ryan, sung by vocal group offscreen); [1:08] unidentified instrumental (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, gymnastics by Miriam LaVelle [?]); [1:23] Paducah (played by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, sung by Benny Goodman, sung by Carmen Miranda, played by Banda da Lua, danced by Carmen Miranda and Tony DeMarco); [1:28] A Journey to a Star (sung by Alice Faye and Girls Chorus, danced by Tony DeMarco and Sheila Ryan); [1:34] The Polka Dot Polka (sung by Alice Faye, Children and Chorus, danced by Children); [1:37] The Polka Dot Ballet (production number sung and danced by Chorus with fluorescent lights and big discs); [1:41] Finale: A Journey to a Star (sung by Cast and Chorus)


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The Gay Divorcee
RKO, 1934, B/W, 107 minutes, ***½

It's love at first sight! Guy (Fred Astaire) falls madly in love with Mimi (Ginger Rogers) the first time he sees her, and he pursues her relentlessly until she finally begins to soften. But the problem is... she's married, though estranged, to a geologist (William Austin). So a plan is hatched for her to be caught with a "co-respondent" (Eric Rhodes), and the fun begins. Highlights include E. E. Horton and Betty Grable in "Let's Knock Knees" and Fred and Ginger's Academy Award winner, "The Continental." One of Fred and Ginger's best!

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Produced by: Pandro S. Berman
Production Associate: Zion Myers
Directed by: Mark Sandrich
Screen Play by: George Marion, Jr.; Dorothy Yost and Edward Kaufman
From "The Gay Divorce," Book by Dwight Taylor, Musical Adaptation by Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein
Musical Director: Max Steiner
Music and Lyrics: "Night and Day" (by) Cole Porter; "Don't Let It Bother You," "Let's Knock Knees" by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel; "A Needle in a Haystack," "The Continental" by Con Conrad and Herb Magidson
Music Recorded by: Murray Spivack and P. J. Faulkner, Jr.
Musical Score: Kenneth Webb and Samuel Hoffenstein
Dance Ensembles Staged by: Dave Gould
Art Directors: Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark
Costumes by: Walter Plunkett
Recorded by: Hugh McDowell, Jr.
Photographed by: David Abel
Photographic Effects by: Vernon L. Walker
Edited by: William Hamilton

Awards: Won Best Song Academy Award ("The Continental"); Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Score, Best Interior Decoration and Best Sound Recording

Cast: Fred Astaire [Guy Holden], Ginger Rogers [Mimi], Alice Brady [Hortense], Edward Everett Horton [Egbert], Erik Rhodes [Tonetti], Eric Blore [The Waiter], William Austin [Cyril Glossop], Charles Coleman [The Valet], Lillian Miles, Betty Grable [Guests], Additional Cast: Paul Porcasi [Nightclub Proprietor], E.E. Clive [Customs Inspector], George Davis, Alphonse Martell [French Waiters], Charles D. Hall [Call Boy at Dock]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:02] Don't Let It Bother You (sung by Chorus Girls with dancing finger-dolls); [0:06] Don't Let It Bother You (instrumental arrangement danced by Fred Astaire); [0:17] A Needle in a Haystack (sung and danced by Fred Astaire); [0:35] Let's K-nock K-nees (sung and danced by Betty Grable and Edward Everett Horton with Chorus); [0:51] Night and Day (sung by Fred Astaire, daned by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers); [1:15] The Continental (sung by Ginger Rogers, danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers); [1:20] The Continental (danced by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, production number danced by Chorus, segment sung and danced by Erik Rhodes, segment sung by Lillian Miles, ends with segment danced by Fred and Ginger with Chorus); [1:43] The Continental (played by Orchestra, danced by Fred and Ginger)

Gay Purr-ee
UPA / Warner Brothers, 1962, Color, 86 minutes, ***½
Released October 1962

Charming animated feature about a country cat (Mewsette) who runs away from the farm to find romance, culture and excitement in the big city (Paris). Her boyfriend (Jaune Tom) and his buddy (Robespierre) figure out where she's gone and chase after her. But before they can find her, she meets a villain cat (Meowrice) and his partner in crime (Mme. Rubens-Chatte) who want to glamorize her and sell her to Mr. Phttt who lives in Pittsburg and who wants to buy a wife. They lead Mewsette to believe that they are going to teach her how to be sophisticated and glamorous. Jaune Tom and Robespierre eventually arrive in Paris, but have no idea where to begin looking for Mewsette. Will Jaune Tom be able to rescue Mewsette before she's shipped to America?

Executive Producer: Henry G. Saperstein
Associate Producer: Lee Orgel
Production Manager: Earl Jonas
Directed by: Abe Levitow
Written by: Dorothy & Chuck Jones
Additional Dialogue: Ralph Wright
Music by: Harold Arlen
Lyrics by: E. Y. Harburg
Music Arranged and Conducted by: Mort Lindsey
Vocal Arranger: Joseph J. Lilley
Production Design: Robert Singer, Richard Ung, "Corny" Cole, Ray Aragon, Edward Levitt, Ernest Nordli
Art Director: Victor Harboush Animation: Ben Washam, Phil Duncan, Hal Ambro, Ray Patterson, Grant Simmons, Irv Spence, Don Lusk, Hank Smith, Harvey Toombs, Volus Jones, Ken Harris, Art Davis, Fred Madison
Sequence Director: Steve Clark
Music Editors: George Probert, Wayne Hughes
Camera: Roy Hutchcroft, Dan Miller, Jack Stevens, Duane Keegan
Filmed in Technicolor
Editorial Supervision: Ted Baker
Editors: Sam Horta, Earl Bennett

Cast: Judy Garland [singing and speaking voice of Mewsette], Robert Goulet [singing and speaking voice of Jaune Tom], Red Buttons [singing and speaking voice of Robespierre], Paul Frees [voice of Meowrice], Hermione Gingold [voice of Mme. Rubens-Chatte], Mel Blanc [voice of Bulldog], Morey Amsterdam [Narrator and Sleeping Cat at train station], Joan Gardner, Julie Bennett, June Foray, The Mellowmen [Vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "Take My Hand, Paree" (excerpt sung by Judy Garland) / "Mewsette" (excerpt sung by Chorus) / "Little Drops of Rain" (sung by Judy Garland) / "Paris Is a Lonely Town" (sung by Judy Garland) / "Roses Red, Violets Blue (sung by Judy Garland and Chorus); [0:04] Mewsette (sung by Robert Goulet); [0:10] Take My Hand, Paree (sung by Judy Garland); [0:21] Roses Red, Violets Blue (sung by Judy Garland); [0:30] The Money Cat (sung by Paul Frees and The Mellow Men); [0:37] The Horse Won't Talk (sung by Paul Frees); [0:46] Bubbles (sung by Robert Goulet, Red Buttons and The Mellow Men); [0:51] Little Drops of Rain (sung by Judy Garland); [0:53] Little Drops of Rain (sung by Robert Goulet); [1:11] Paris Is a Lonely Town (sung by Judy Garland); [1:23] Mewsette Finale (sung by Robert Goulet, Judy Garland and Chorus)


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The Gene Krupa Story
(aka Drum Crazy)
Columbia, 1959, B/W, 101 minutes, ***

Sal Mineo shines in this much-loved film bio as the premier jazz drummer of his day. His rise to fame, his descent into drug addiction and struggle back are strikingly recounted. Krupa supplies the soundtrack; James Darren, Susan Kohner, Yvonne Craig co-star.

Produced by: Philip A. Waxman
Associate Producer: Orin Jannings
Directed bt: Don Weis
Assistant Director: Ray Gosnell
Written by: Orin Jannings
Music Adapted and Composed by: Leith Stevens
Art Director: Robert Peterson
Set Decorator: Frank A. Tuttle
Make-Up Supervisor: Ben Lane
Hair Styles by: Helen Hunt
Recording Supervisor: Charles J. Rice
Sound: Jack Solomon
Director of Photography: Charles Lawton, Jr.
Montage by: Donald W. Starling
Film Editors: Maurice Wright, Edwin Bryant

Cast: Sal Mineo [Gene Krupa], Susan Kohner [Ethel Maguire], James Darren [Eddie Sirota], Susan Oliver [Dorissa Dinell], Yvonne Craig [Gloria Corregio], Lawrence Dobkin [Speaker Willis], Celia Lovsky [Mother], Red Nichols [Himself], Bobby Troup [Tommy Dorsey], Anita O'Day [Herself], Shelly Manne [Davey Tough], Buddy Lester [Himself], Additional Cast: John Bleifer [Father], Gavin Macleod [Ted Krupa], Ruby Lane [Blues Singer]

Musical Program: Sunny Side of the Street (excerpt sung by Anita O'Day); Let There Be Love (sung by James Darren); I Love My Baby (sung by Ruby Lane); Memories of You (sung by Anita O'Day); Royal Garden Blues (played by The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Cherokee (played by The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Indiana (played by Red Nichols and The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Way Down Yonder In New Orleans (played by The Gene Krupa Orchestra); Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov); Drum Crazy (played by Gene Krupa); Memories of You; I Love You, I Love You; In the Mood; Let There Be Love; Exactly Like You; Spiritual Jazz

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Fox, 1953, Color, 91 minutes, ***½

Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell sizzle, sing and dance as a couple of gold diggers out to land rich husbands.

This Technicolor film fable follows the exploits of two gorgeous women aboard a luxury ocean liner. One (Marilyn) loves diamonds and the other (Russell) loves men. On the ship with them are an elderly diamond mine owner (Charles Coburn), a team of handsome and muscular Olympic athletes, a fascinating but very young millionaire (George Winslow) and a nasty private eye. Packed with 40 minutes of production numbers, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes includes the legendary title song and "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend."  [from back of DVD case]

The Diamond Collection (Vol. 1) DVD Box Set (shown right) contains this film and Bus Stop, How to Marry a Millionaire, There's No Business Like Show Business, The Seven Year Itch, The Final Days

Marilyn Monroe Special Anniversary Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) contains this film and Seven Year Itch, Niagara, River of No Return, Let's Make Love and Marilyn: The Final Days.

Produced by: Sol C. Siegel
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Assistant Director: Paul Helsnick
Screen Play by: Charles Lederer
Based on the Musical Comedy by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos
Music and Lyrics by: Jule Styne and Leo Robin
Presented on the Stage by Herman Levin and Oliver Smith
Music and Lyrics: "When Love Goes Wrong" and "Anyone Here for Love" by Hoagy Carmichael and Harold Adamson
Choreography by: Jack Cole
Music Direction: Lionel Newman
Vocal Direction: Eliot Daniel
Orchestration: Herbert Spencer, Earl Hagen, Bernard Mayers
Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, Joseph C. Wright
Set Decorations: Claude Carpenter
Wardrobe Direction: Charles Le Maire
Costumes Designed by: Travilla
Makeup Artist: Ben Nye
Sound: E. Clayton Ward, Roger Heman
Director of Photography: Harry J. Wild
Special Photographic Effects: Ray Kellogg
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultant: Leonard Doss
Film Editor: Hugh S. Fowler

Cast: Jane Russell [Dorothy], Marilyn Monroe [Lorelei], Charles Coburn [Sir Francis Beekman], Elliott Reid [Malone], Tommy Noonan [Gus Esmond], George "Foghorn" Winslow [Henry Spofford III], Marcel Dalio [Magistrate], Taylor Holmes [Gus Esmond, Sr.], Norma Varden [Lady Beekman], Howard Wendell [Watson], Steven Geray [Hotel Manager], Henri Letondal [Grotier], Leo Mostovoy [Phillipe], Alex Frazer [Pritchard], Harry Carey Jr. [Winslow], George Davis [Cab Driver], Alphonse Martell [Headwaiter], James Moultrie, Freddie Moultrie [Boy Dancers], Jean De Briac, George Dee, Peter Camlin [Gendarmes], Jean Del Val [Ship's Captain], Ray Montgomery [Peters], Alvy Moore [Anderson], Robert Nichols [Evans], Charles Tannen [Ed], Jimmy Young [Stevens], Charles de Ravenne [Purser], John Close [Coach], William Cabanne [Sims], Philip Sylvestre [Steward], Jack Chefe [Proprietor], Alfred Paix [Pierre], Max Willenz [Court Clerk], Rolfe Sedan [Waiter], Robert Foulk, Ralph Peters [Passport Officials], Harry Seymour [Captain of Waiters]

Musical Program: [0:00] A Little Girl from Little Rock (opening sung and danced by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell before titles); [0:01] Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (instrumental arrangement with short excerpt sung by Chorus behind titles); [0:03] A Little Girl from Little Rock (continued by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell after titles); [0:13] Bye Bye Baby (sung by Jane Russell and Chorus, then sung by Marilyn Monroe to Tommy Noonan, joined by Chorus); [0:21] Ain't There Anyone Here for Love (sung by Jane Russell, danced by Russell and gymnasts); [1:03] When Love Goes Wrong (Nothin' Goes Right) (sung and danced by Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe and Chorus); [1:08] Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (sung by Marilyn Monroe, danced by Monroe and Chorus); [1:21] Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (sung and danced by Jane Russell); [1:30] A Little Girl from Little Rock (excerpt sung by Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell); [1:31] Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (sung by Chorus)

George White's Scandals
Fox, 1934, B/W, 80 minutes

Alice Faye got her "big break" in this film when the original star, Lilian Harvey, walked off the set because Fox refused to give her more screen time. Alice was given the role, and after filming "Nasty Man," the studio was convinced they had a new star on their hands.

Producer: George White
Director: George White, Thornton Freeland and Harry Lachman
Screenplay: Jack Yellen (based on a story by George White)
Music Director: Louis De Francesco
Song Score: Ray Henderson, Jack Yellen and Irving Caesar
Recording Engineers: George Leverett, Arthur von Kirbach
Cinematography: Lee Garmes, George Schneiderman
Film Editing: Paul Weatherwax

Cast: Rudy Vallee [Jimmy Martin], Jimmy Durante [Happy McGillicuddy], Alice Faye [Kitty Donnelly], Adrienne Ames [Barbara Loraine], Gregory Ratoff [Nicholas Mitwoch], Cliff Edwards [Stew Hart], Dixie Dunbar [Patsy Dey], Gertrude Michael [Miss Lee], Richard Carle [Minister], Warren Hymer [Pete Pandos], George White [Himself], Thomas Jackson [Al Burke], Armand Kaliz [Count Dekker], Roger Gray [Sailor Brown], William Norton Bailey [Harold Bestry], George Irving [John R. Loraine], Edward Le Saint [Judge O'Neill], Edna Mae Jones [Eleanor Sawyer], Irving Bacon [Hick], Dewey Robinson [Garbage King], Creighton Hale [Theater Treasurer], Alma Mott, Lee Lawrence, Ethlyn Howard [Sally, Irene and Mary], Richard Alexander [Iceman], Frances Raymond [Landlady], Howard Hickman [Doctor]

Musical Program: Hold My Hand (production number, sung by Rudy Vallee and Alice Faye); Nasty Man (production number sung by Alice Faye and Chorus); So Nice (Cliff Edwards and Dixie Dunbar); Cabin in the Cotton and Cotton in the Cabin (Jimmy Durante); Cabin Dance; Following in Mother's Footsteps; My Dog Loves Your Dog (Alice Faye, Dixie Dunbar, Rudy Vallee and Jimmy Durante); Sweet and Simple (production number, Rudy Vallee and Alice Faye); Six Women (Me and Henry the Eighth) (Cliff Edwards and Chorus Girls); Every Day Is Father's Day with Baby (production number, Rudy Vallee, Cliff Edwards, Jimmy Durante and Children); Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia; Carolina in the Morning; River Stay 'Way from My Door; Got the South in My Soul; Lawd You Made the Night Too Long; That's Why Darkies Were Born; Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore; Did You Ever See a Dream Walking; Picking Cotton; The Man on the Flying Trapeze

George White's 1935 Scandals
Fox, 1935, B/W, 83 minutes

George White (Himself) and Manya (Lyda Roberti) have just finished a very successful revue in New York, and are driving down to Florida for some vacation time when the happen across a show in Georgia also called "George White's Scandals." Stopping to check it out, they discover Honey Walters (Alice Faye), and decide to return to New York to feature her in a new show. Back in New York, the show is a success, but a love triangle has things all messed up. Honey takes off on her own, but eventually returns and everything works out just fine.

Produced and Directed by: George White
Screenplay: Patterson McNutt and Jack Yellen (based on an idea by George White)
Musical Score: Louis De Francesco
Song Score: Jack Yellen, Herb Magidson, Joseph Meyer and Cliff Friend
Art Direction: Gordon Wiles
Costume Design: Charles Le Maire
Sound: Arthur von Kirbach
Cinematography: George Schneiderman

Cast: Alice Faye [Honey Walters], James Dunn [Eddie Taylor], Ned Sparks [Elmer White], Lyda Roberti [Manya], Cliff Edwards [Dude Holloway], Arline Judge [Midgie Malone], Eleanor Powell [Marilyn Collins], Emma Dunn [Aunt Jane], Benny Rubin [Louis], Charles Richman [Harriman], Roger Imhof [Officer Riley], Donald Kerr [Grady], Walter Johnson [Daniels], Fred Santley [M.C.], Jack Mulhall [Ticket Seller], Sam McDaniel [Porter], George White [Himself], Lois Eckhart [Mme. DuBarry], Fuzzy Knight [Sam Fagel], Jed Prouty [Al Lee], Lynn Bari [Chorus Girl], Anne Nagel [Chorus Girl], Tamara Shayne [Russian Girl]

Musical Program: According to the Moonlight (Alice Faye and James Dunn); Oh, I Didn't Know (production number, Alice Faye and Chorus Girls); It's an Old Southern Custom (Alice Faye, James Dunn and Cliff Edwards); I Was Born Too Late (Alice Faye); I Got Shoes, You Got Shosies; Hunkadola (Alice Faye, James Dunn, Cliff Edwards and Lyda Roberti); It's Time to Say Goodnight; You Belong to Me (Alice Faye)

George White's Scandals
RKO, 1945, B/W, 95 minutes

Another entry (and the last) from George White. Joan Mason (Joan Davis) and Jack Williams (Jack Haley) are in love, and so are Jill Martin (Martha Holliday) and Tom McGrath (Phillip Terry). But panic breaks out when Jill runs out just before the show begins. More of a revue than a real story, but filled with plenty of great music.

Producer: George White
Director: Felix Feist
Screenplay: Howard J. Green, Parke Levy, Howard Snyder and Hugh Wedlock Jr. (based on a story by Hugh Wedlock, Jr. and Howard Snyder)
Music Director: C. Bakaleinikoff
Song Score: Jack Yellen and Sammy Fain
Choreography: Ernst Matray
Art Direction: Ralph Berger, Albert S. D'Agostino
Set Decoration: Harley Miller, Darrell Silvera
Gowns: Edward Stevenson
Special Effects: Vernon L. Walker
Cinematography: Robert de Grasse
Film Editing: Joseph Noriega

Cast: Joan Davis [Joan Mason], Jack Haley [Jack Williams], Phillip Terry [Tom McGrath], Martha Holliday [Jill Martin], Ethel Smith [Swing Organist], Gene Krupa [Himself], Margaret Hamilton [Clarabell], Glenn Tryon [George White], Jane Greer [Billie Randall], Audrey Young [Maxine Manner], Rose Murphy [Hilda], Fritz Feld [Montescu], Beverly Wills [Joan as a Child], Rufe Davis [Impersonations], Betty Farrington [Buxom Woman], Tommy Noonan [Joe], Larry Wheat [Pop], Carmel Myers [Leslie], Holmes Herbert [Lord Asbury], Dorothy Christy [Lady Asbury], Sid Melton [Songwriter], Florence Lake [Mother], Crane Whitley [Father], Minerva Urecal [Teacher], Effie Laird, Hope Landin [Scrubwomen], Neely Edwards [Lord Quimby], Ed O'Neill [John the Baptist], Frank Mitchell, Lyle Latell [Ladder Gag], Harry Monty, Buster Brodie [Box Gag], Rosalie Ray [Chorus Dame], Edmund Glover [Production Man], Nino Tempo [Young Drummer], Sammy Blum [Cafe Proprietor], Harold Minjir [Hotel Clerk], Shelby Bacon, Allan Cooke, Edwin Davis, Eric Freeman, Vonn Hamilton, Edwin Johnson, John Stanley, Walter Stone [Dancers], Joy Barlowe, Virginia Belmont, Wesley Brent, Marilyn Buford, Linda Claire, Lorraine Clark, Lucy Cochrane, Virginia Cruzon, Linda Ennis, Alice Eyland, Rusty Farrell, June Frazer, Ruth Hall, Annelle Hayes, Ethelreda Leopold, Nan Leslie, Vivian Mason, Marie McCardle, Vivian McCoy, Diana Mumby, Susanne Rosser, Barbara Thorson, Zas Varka, Chili Williams, Grace Young [Showgirls]

Musical Program: Scandals (from the 1931 original "George White's Scandals" stage musical, sung by Beverly Sills); How'd You Get Out of My Dreams?; Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries; Leave Us Leap (instrumental); Wishing (Will Make It So) (played by Ethel Smith); I Want to be a Drummer in the Band (performed by Gene Krupa with His Orchestra); I Wake Up in the Morning (sung by Joan Davis and Jack Haley); Who Killed Vaudeville? (sung by Joan Davis and Jack Haley); Bolero in the Jungle (played by Gene Krupa); Bouquet and Lace Ballet (instrumental); The Parrot

Gidget
Paramount, 1940, B/W, 85 minutes, ***
Released June, 1940

Ghosts and gags collide in this witches' brew of laughs, with Bob Hiope as a Manhattan radio commentator who finds himself marooned on an island of the walking dead!

Larry Lawrence (Hope), sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes New York police by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk (and Larry) are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk's owner, pretty Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard), is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a "haunted" castle. Sensing that Mary is in danger, Larry and his valet Alex (Willie Best) precede her to the island, which is inhabited by a ghost, a zombie and perhaps even a flesh-and-blood fiend. There's romance, comedy and chills as Hope and Goddard contend with earthly and un-earthly foes - and try to keep from ending up as ghosts themselves!

Produced by: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.
Directed by: George Marshall
Screen Play by: Walter DeLeon
Based on a Play by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard
Music Score by: Ernst Toch
Musical Adviser: Andrea Setaro
Art Direction: Hans Dreier, Robert Usher
Interior Decorations: A. E. Freudeman
Costumes: Edith Head
Sound Recording by: Harold Lewis, Richard Olson
Director of Photography: Charles Lang
Process Photography by: Farciot Edouart
Edited by: Ellsworth Hoagland

Cast: Bob Hope [Larry Lawrence], Paulette Goddard [Mary Carter], Richard Carlson [Geoff Montgomery], Paul Lukas [Parada], Willie Best [Alex], Pedro de Cordoba [Havez], Virginia Brissac [Mother Zombie], Noble Johnson [The Zombie], Anthony Quinn [Ramon Mederes / Francisco Mederes], Tom Dugan [Raspy Kelly], Paul Fix [Frenchy Duval], Lloyd Corrigan [Martin], Additional Cast: Emmett Vogan [Radio Announcer], Blanca Vischer [Dolores, Cuban Girl], Francisco Maran [Headwaiter], Larry Steers [Man in Hotel Hallway], Robert Elliott [Lieutenant Murray], James Blaine [Police Sergeant], Brick Sullivan [Policeman at Boat Dock], David Durand [Bellhop], James Flavin [Hotel Porter], Jack Hatfield [Elevator Boy], Kay Stewart [Telephone Girl], Jack Edwards [Ship Bellboy], Max Wagner [Ship Porter], Paul Newlan [Baggage Handler], Grace Hayle [Screaming Woman], Jack Norton [Drunk], Douglas Kennedy, Robert Ryan [Interns], Leonard Sues [Newsboy]

Musical Program: None, though there is an excerpt of a song sung at a nightclub by and unidentified female singer.

Gidget
Columbia, 1959, Color, 95 minutes, ***½

Favorite teen surf comedy stars Sandra Dee as the young beach bunny who must choose between surfer boyfriends Cliff Robertson and James Darren.

Cute little Sandra Dee number spawned several sequels (sans Sandra) and a television series starring Sally Field (1965/66). In that respect it's reminiscent of Debbie Reynolds' Tammy and the Bachelor, but it's not nearly the film that was. Still, with Sandra Dee and Cliff Robertson, it's fun, but (very) light-weight. James Darren and The Four Preps turn in a couple numbers each to liven things up a bit. Oh, and "Gidget" is Francie Lawrence's nickname, made up from "girl midget." If you're allergic to "good clean fun," skip it; if you think Sandra Dee is a doll, don't miss it!

Produced by: Lewis J. Rachmil
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Assistant Director: Milton Feldman
Screen Play by: Gabrielle Upton
From the novel by: Frederick Kohner
Music Supervised and Conducted by: Morris Stoloff
Orchestrations: Arthur Morton; John Williams, Jr.
Songs: "Gidget" Lyrics by Patti Washington, Music by Fred Karger; "The Next Best Thing to Love" Lyrics by Stanley Styne, Music by Fred Karger; "Cinderella" Written by Glen Larson and Bruce Belland; The songs "Gidget" and "Cinderella" Sung by The Four Preps, Exclusive Capitol Recording Artists
Art Director: Ross Bellah
Set Decorator: William Kiernan
Make-up Supervision: Clay Campbell
Hair Styles by: Helen Hunt
Recording Supervisor: John Livadary
Sound: Josh Westmoreland
Director of Photography: Burnett Guffey
Photographed in CinemaScope, Columbia Color
Color Consultant: Henri Jaffa
Film Editor: William A. Lyon

Cast: Sandra Dee [Francie Lawrence, aka Gidget], James Darren [Moondoggie], Cliff Robertson [Kahoona], Arthur O'Connell [Russell Lawrence], Mary LaRoche [Dorothy Lawrence], Joby Baker [Stinky], Tom Laughlin [Lover Boy], Sue George [B. L.], Robert Ellis [Hot Shot], Jo Morrow [Mary Lou], Yvonne Craig [Nan], Doug McClure [Waikiki], Burt Metcalfe [Lord Byron], Richard Newton, Ed Hinton [Cops], Patti Kane [Patty], The Four Preps [Themselves]

Musical Program: [0:00] Gidget (sung by The Four Preps offscreen behind titles); [0:39] Gidget (reprised by The Four Preps on the radio, then reprised by James Darren); [1:03] Cinderella (sung by The Four Preps onscreen); [1:10] The Next Best Thing to Love (sung by James Darren)

Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Columbia, 1961, Color, 101 minutes, ***

In the second "Gidget" film, everyone's favorite surfin' girl heads to Waikiki and finds fun and romance (very heavy plot here). Light comedy that's fun and easy to take with Deborah Walley, James Darren, Michael Callan and Peggy Cass.

Produced by: Jerry Bresler
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Assistant Director: Jerrold Bernstein
Written by: Ruth Brooks Flippen
Based upon the characters created by: Frederick Kohner
Music: George Duning
Orchestration: Arthur Morton
Songs: "Gidget Goes Hawaiian," "Wild About That Girl"
by Fred Karger and Stanley Styne
Choreography by: Roland Dupree
Art Director: Walter Holscher
Set Decorator: Darrell Silvera
Make-up Supervision by: Ben Lane
Sound Supervisor: Charles J. Rice
Sound: Lambert Day
Director of Photography: Robert J. Bronner
Film Editor: William A. Lyon

Cast: James Darren [Jeff Mather], Michael Callan [Eddie Horner], and introducing Deborah Walley [as Gidget], Carl Reiner [Russ Lawrence], Peggy Cass [Mitzie Stewart], Eddie Foy, Jr. [Monty Stewart], Jeff Donnell [Dorothy Lawrence], Vicki Trickett [Abby Stewart], Joby Baker [Judge Hamilton], Don Edmonds [Larry Neal], Bart Patton [Wally Hodges], Jan Conaway [Barbara Jo], Robin Lory [Dee Dee], Arnold Merritt [Clay Anderson], Additional Cast: Vivian Marshall [Lucy], Johnny Gilbert [Johnny Spring], Terry Huntingdon [Stewardess], Yankee Chang [Mr. Matsu], Jerado de Cordovier [Waiter], Guy Lee [Bellboy]

Musical Program: [0:00] Wild About That Girl (sung by James Darren offscreen behind titles); [0:25] Wild About That Girl (sung by James Darren); [0:29] Hawaiian native dance; [0:32] Hula danced by three unidentified women; [0:36] Mambo danced by Deborah Walley and Michael Callan; [0:49] Gidget Goes Hawaiian (sung by James Darren and friends, danced by Deborah Walley); [0:54] unidentified instrumental number (danced by Michael Callan); [1:09] Hawaiian native dance; [1:14] unidentifed instrumental number (danced by Deborah Walley and Mens Chorus, juxtaposed with Deborah walking on beach daydreaming); [1:16] Hawaiian native dance (danced by Vicki Trickett and Hawaiian Girls); [1:41] Gidget Goes Hawaiian (short reprisal by James Darren at end of film); Other music includes a Mambo danced by James Darren and Deborah Walley; two staged dances with unidentified instrumentals danced by unidentified dancers; several Hulas, one of which is danced by Vicky Trickett; and a number of other Hawiian native dances.

Gidget Goes to Rome
Columbia, 1963, Color, 103 minutes, **½

The bubbly blonde prima donna of the ocean waves (Cindy Carol) takes the Eternal City by storm in this fluffy romantic misadventure. Moondoggie's got competition from a suave Italian charmer. James Darren, Cesare Danova co-star.

Produced by: Jerry Bresler
Production Manager: Mara Blasetti
Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Assistant Directors: Tony Brandt, Milton Feldman
Screenplay by: Ruth Brooks Flippen
Based upon the characters created by Frederick Kohner
Editor: William Lyon
Music: Johnny Williams
Songs: "Gegetta," "Big Italian Moon"
Lyrics and Music by George David Weiss and Al Kasha
Vocal Arrangements: Stu Phillips
Choreography: Enzo Barboni and Robert Bronner
Art Directors: Antonio Sarzi-Braga and Robert Peterson
Set Decorator: Ferdinando Ruffo
Make-up Supervision: Mel Berns
Make-up Artist: Serafina Calef
Hairdresser: Amalia Paoletti
Costume Designer: Pat Barto
Sound Supervisor: Cyril Collick
Directors of Photography: Enzo Barboni, Robert J. Bronner
Eastman Color by Pathé
Film Editor: William A. Lyon

Cast: Cindy Carol [Gidget], James Darren [Jeff], Jessie Royce Landis [Aunt Albertina], Cesare Danova [Paolo Cellini], Danielle De Metz [Daniela Serrini], Joby Baker [Judge], Trudi Ames [Libby], Noreen Corcoran [Lucy], Peter Brooks [Clay], Lisa Gastoni [Anna Cellini], Claudio Gora [Alberto], Don Porter [Russ Lawrence], Jeff Donnell [Dorothy Lawrence], Joe Kamel [Pinchman], Antonio Segurini, Leonardo Botta [Italian Boys], Umberto Raho [Mario], Jim Dolen [Nelson], Audrey Fairfax [Contessa], Vadim Wolkonsky [Prince Bianchi], Eddra Gale [Fat Woman], Irina Vasailchikoff [Lean Woman], Milly Monti [Henrietta], Charles Borromel [Whitefaced Poet], David Munsell, Jan Coomer [Listeners], Leon Auerbach [East Indian Yoga], Norma Nedici [Woman], Matilda Calnan [Old Woman], John Stacy [Drunk Butler], Carmen Scarpitta [Caviar Woman], Milina Vukotic [Caviar Woman], Evi Marandi [Receptionist], Mimo Billi [Fontana Doorman], Veronica Wells [Major Domo Dresser], Sylvia Llore, May Sariola, Adria Ramaccia, Tina Lepri [Models]

Musical Program: [0:00] Gegetta (sung by James Darren offscreen behind titles); [0:21] Big Italian Moon (sung in Italian by James Darren and Street Musicians); [1:42] Gegetta (reprised by James Darren at end of film); There are also several dance scenes in cafes, but I don't recognize the music - probably just part of background score.

Gigi
MGM, 1958, Color, 117 minutes, ****

Wonderfully perfect film about a young French girl Gigi (Leslie Caron) growing to adulthood in early 20th Century Paris. She is being carefully trained in the way of "fashionable" ladyhood by her aunt when it suddenly dawns on long-time family friend Gaston (Louis Jourdan) that Gigi is no longer a cute young girl, but has grown into a beautiful young woman. So he becomes romantically interested in her, which presents a number of interesting problems given Gaston's playboy reputation. Wonderful acting all around, beautiful staging and costuming, fantastic Lerner and Loewe score... everything a musical should be!

Musical highlights include Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold's "I Remember It Well" (from which came the title of direcor Vincente Minnellie's autobiography), Caron's "I Don't Understand the Parisians," and Chevalier's "Thank Heaven for Little Girls."

Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
Assistant Directors: William McGarry and William Shanks
Screen play and lyrics by: Alan Jay Lerner
Music by: Frederick Loewe
Based on the novel by: Colette
Music supervised and conducted by: André Previn
Orchestrations by: Conrad Salinger
Vocal Supervision: Robert Tucker
Costumes, Scenery and Production Design by: Cecil Beaton
Art Directors: William A. Horning and Preston Ames
Set Decorations: Henry Grace, Keogh Gleason
Make-up by: William Tuttle and Charles Parker
Hair styles by: Guillaume and Sydney Guilaroff
Recording Supervisor: Dr. Wesley C. Miller
Director of Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg
In CinemaScope and Metrocolor
Color Consultant: Charles K. Hagedon
Film Editor: Adrienne Fazan

Awards: Won nine Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Color Cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg); Best Film Editing (Adrienne Fazan); Best Score - Musical (Andre Previn); Best Song ("Gigi"); Best Art Direction / Set Decoration (William A. Horning, Preston Ames, Henry Grace and Keogh Gleason); and Best Costume Design (Cecil Beaton)

Cast: Leslie Caron [Gigi], Maurice Chevalier [Honoré Lachaille], Louis Jourdan [Gaston Lachaille], Hermione Gingold [Mme Alvarez], Eva Gabor [Liane d'Exelmans], Jacques Bergerac [Sandomir], Isabel Jeans [Aunt Alicia], John Abbott [Manuel], Monique Van Vooren [Showgirl], Lydia Stevens [Simone], Edwin Jerome [Charles, the Butler], Dorothy Neumann [Designer], Marilyn Sims [Redhead], Richard Bean [Harlequin], Pat Sheahan [Blonde], Leroy Winebrenner [Lifeguard], Marya Ploss [Model], Jack Trevan [Coachman]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:06] Thank Heaven for Little Girls (sung by Maurice Chevalier); [0:13] It's a Bore (sung by Louis Jourdan and Maurice Chevalier); [0:25] I Don't Understand the Parisians (sung by Leslie Caron dubbed by Betty Wand); [0:34] Waltz at Maxim's (She Is Not Thinking of Me) (sung by Louis Jourdan); [0:55] The Night They Invented Champagne (sung and danced by Leslie Caron dubbed by Betty Wand, Hermione Gingold and Louis Jourdan); [1:02] I Remember It Well (sung by Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold); [1:18] Gigi (sung by Louis Jourdan); [1:35] I'm Glad I'm Not Young Any More (sung by Maurice Chevalier); [1:43] Say a Prayer for Me Tonight (sung by Leslie Caron dubbed by Betty Wand); [1:54] Thank Heaven for Little Girls (sung by Maurice Chevalier and Chorus)

Girl Crazy
MGM, 1943, B/W, 100 minutes, ***½

Wealthy newspaper magnate Dan Churchill (Henry O'Neill) thinks his son Danny Junior (Mickey Rooney) is gaining a reputation as a playboy. So he sends him to his own Alma Mater Cody College in Arizona - an all-boys college with no co-eds! But no sooner has Danny arrived at Cody when he encounters the Dean's granddaughter (Judy Garland) and falls head-over-heels in love. All he has to do now is to get her to fall in love with him! Highlights include Judy's definitive rendition of "Embraceable You," and Mickey and Judy's "Could You Use Me."

Original director Busby Berkeley went way over the top (and way over-budget and schedule) with the "I Got Rhythm" finale, which is so far over the top that I don't even find it enjoyable. But other than that, it's a fun film. June Allyson appears for the first time in an MGM film (though not her first film nor her "official" MGM debut), and Nancy Walker is on hand for some great laughs.

The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection DVD Box Set (shown right) includes this film, Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway and Strike Up the Band.

Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: Norman Taurog
Screen Play by: Fred F. Finklehoffe
Music by: George Gershwin
Lyrics by: Ira Gershwin
Based Upon Musical Play "Girl Crazy" by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan
Musical Adaptation: Roger Edens
Musical Direction: Georgie Stoll
Orchestration: Conrad Salinger, Axel Stordahl, Sy Oliver
Vocal Arrangements: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
Dance Direction and Solo Dance with Miss Garland by: Charles Walters
"I Got Rhythm" Number directed by Busby Berkeley
Musical Presentation: Merrill Pye
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Associate: Mac Alper
Costume Supervision: Irene
Associate: Sharaff
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Directors of Photography: William Daniels, Robert Planck
Film Editor: Albert Akst

Cast: Mickey Rooney [Danny Churchill, Jr.], Judy Garland [Ginger Gray], Gil Stratton [Bud Livermore], Robert E. Strickland [Henry Lathrop], Rags Ragland ["Rags"], June Allyson [Specialty], Nancy Walker [Polly Williams], Guy Kibbee [Dean Phineas Armour], Frances Rafferty [Marjorie Tait], Henry O'Neill [Mr. Churchill, Sr.], Howard Freeman [Governor Tait], Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra [Themselves], Additional Cast: Sidney Miller [Ed], Eve Whitney [Brunette], Carole Gallagher [Blonde], Kay Williams [Blonde], Jess Lee Brooks [Buckets], Roger Moore [Cameraman], Charles Coleman [Maitre d'Hotel], Harry Depp [Nervous Man], Richard Kipling [Dignified Man], Henry Roquemore [Fat Man], Alphonse Martell [Waiter], Barbara Bedford [Churchill's Secretary], William Beaudine Jr. [Tom], Bess Flowers [Committee Woman], Peter Lawford [cameo as student], Six Hits and a Miss, The Music Maids, The Stafford Trio, The King's Men [vocals]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: "I Got Rhythm" (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:04] Treat Me Rough (sung and danced by June Allyson, Mickey Rooney, The Music Maids, The Stafford Trio, Kathleen Carns and Ruth Clark with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra); [0:25] Bidin' My Time (sung by Judy Garland, The King's Men and the MGM Studio Chorus); [0:36] Could You Use Me? (sung by Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland); [0:40] Happy Birthday to You (sung by Rags Ragland and Chorus [students onscreen]); [0:41] Embraceable You (sung by Judy Garland and Chorus [students onscreen], danced by Judy Garland, Charles Walters and Boys); [1:11] Fascinating Rhythm (instrumental arrangement played by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Mickey Rooney at the piano); [1:24] But Not for Me (sung by Judy Garland to Rags); [1:30] I Got Rhythm (big production number sung and danced by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Six Hits and a Miss, The Music Maids, Hal Hopper, Trudy Erwin, Bobbie Canvin, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra and The MGM Studio Chorus); [cut] Bronco Busters (Outtake: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Nancy Walker and the MGM Studio Orchestra and Chorus)

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Girl Happy
Euterpe / MGM, 1965, Color, 95 minutes

Elvis stars as Rusty Wells, a Chicago singer who heads down to Florida to work spring break - and have a little fun on the side. Soon he's working overtime trying to keep his mind on his job - and an eye on his boss' flirtatious daughter - in this sun-drenched romantic romp featuring twelve terrific tunes including "Spring Fever," "Girl Happy," "Wolf Call," "Do the Clam" and "Puppet On a String."  [from back of VHS sleeve]

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