Words and Music (1948 film)

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Words and Music
Directed by	Norman Taurog
Produced by	Arthur Freed
Written by	Guy Bolton (story) Ben Feiner Jr.
Starring	Tom Drake Mickey Rooney
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	31 December 1948
Running time	120 min.
Country	U.S.
Language	English
IMDb profile

Words and Music (1948) is a movie based on the lives of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart. The film starred Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, and Ann Sothern and is best remembered for the final screen pairing between Rooney and Judy Garland.

[edit] Cast

• Tom Drake as Richard Rodgers
• Mickey Rooney as Lorenz Hart
• Janet Leigh as Dorothy Feiner Rodgers
• Marshall Thompson as Herbert Fields
• Betty Garrett as Peggy Lorgan McNeil
• Jeanette Nolan as Mrs. Hart
• Ann Sothern as Joyce Harmon
• Perry Como as Eddie Lorrison Anders
• Cyd Charisse as Margo Grant
• Richard Quine as Ben Feiner Jr.

Guest Appearances:

• June Allyson performed "Thou Swell."
• Judy Garland performed "Johnny One Note" and "I Wish I Were in Love Again."
• Lena Horne performed "The Lady Is a Tramp" and "Where or When."
• Gene Kelly danced "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue."
• Mel Tormé performed "Blue Moon."
• Vera-Ellen danced "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue."

[edit] External links

• Words and Music at the Internet Movie Database
• The Judy Garland Online Discography "Words And Music" pages.