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Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

1937, Movie, NR, 80 mins

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Judy Garland's first starring role and her first of many movies with Mickey Rooney is a predictable racehorse story with a couple of tunes tossed in to liven up the hokum plot. Young Roger Calverton (Ronald Sinclair, a 14-year-old then being groomed as the new Freddie Bartholomew) arrives in the US with his crusty grandpa Sir Peter (C. Aubrey Smith). The Calvertons own a racehorse named The Pookah and want to put it on American tracks and make a killing. They offer young joc... read more leave a comment
Year: 1937
Rated NR

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Cast
Judy Garland: Cricket West
Mickey Rooney: Tim Donahue
Sophie Tucker: Mother Ralph
C. Aubrey Smith: Sir Peter Calverton
Ronald Sinclair: Roger Calverton
Forrester Harvey: Wilkins

 

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