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Strike Up The Band

1940, Movie, NR, 120 mins

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Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, two of the great young stars of their day, team up in this musical comedy as a pair of high school students. Mary (Garland) works in the library after school, and Jimmy (Rooney) spends his free time practicing the drums. He wants to smack the skins in a dance band, but his widowed mother yearns for him to become a doctor. Jimmy and a bunch of his pals form an orchestra with the intention of entering a contest sponsored by big band "King of Jaz... read more leave a comment
Year: 1940
Rated NR

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Cast
Mickey Rooney: Jimmy Connors
Judy Garland: Mary Holden
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra: Themselves
June Preisser: Barbara Frances Morgan
William Tracy: Phillip Turner
Ann Shoemaker: Mrs. Connors

 

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