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Strike up the band / Metro-Goldyn-Mayer presents ; produced by Loew's Incorporated ; produced by Arthur Freed ; original screenplay by John Monks, Jr. and Fred Finklehoffe ; directed by Busby Berkeley.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Edens, Roger, 1905-1970. Strike up the band, author.
Contributor:
Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976, director.
Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973, producer.
Monks, John Cherry, screenwriter.
Finklehoffe, Fred F. (Fred Franklin), 1911-1977, screenwriter.
Rooney, Mickey, actor.
Garland, Judy, actor.
Whiteman, Paul, 1890-1967, actor, conductor.
Preisser, June, 1921-1984, actor.
Tracey, William, 1917-1967, actor.
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, composer.
Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, lyricist.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
Loew's Incorporated, producer.
Turner Entertainment Co., producer.
Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Paul Whiteman Orchestra, performer.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Musicians--Drama.
Musicians.
Bands (Music)--Drama.
Bands (Music).
High school students--Drama.
High school students.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Musicals.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Penn Provenance:
Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD-R.
digital
optical
mono
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Jimmy and Mary are two talented high school students ready and eager to climb the ladder of success. He's a band leader and she's his lovelorn singer. Together they sing and dance their way to the top, with a few bumps along the way.
Participant:
Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, June Preisser, William Tracy ... [et al.].
Credits:
Director of photography, Ray June ; film editor, Ben Lewis ; music and lyrics, Roger Edens ; composer, George Gershwin ; lyrics, Ira Gershwin.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.
Local Notes:
Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.

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