Words and Music
“The BIGGEST musical!”
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.
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Cast
40 people
Tom Drake
Richard Rodgers
Known for
Meet Me in St. Louis
Warlock
Mickey Rooney
Lorenz Hart
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
Night at the Museum
Janet Leigh
Dorothy Feiner
Known for
Psycho
Touch of Evil
Marshall Thompson
Herbert Fields
Known for
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Fiend Without a Face
Betty Garrett
Peggy Lorgan McNeil
Known for
Laverne & Shirley
On the Town
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Hart
Known for
The Fox and the Hound
The Rescuers
Ann Sothern
Joyce Harmon
Known for
A Letter to Three Wives
The Blue Gardenia
Perry Como
Eddie Lorrison Anders
Also in
Doll Face
If I'm Lucky
Cyd Charisse
Margo Grant
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
The Band Wagon
Richard Quine
Ben Feiner Jr.
Also in
The Clay Pigeon
Babes on Broadway
June Allyson
Alisande La Carteloise
Known for
Little Women
The Glenn Miller Story
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
Meet Me in St. Louis
Norman Taurog Director · Fred F. Finklehoffe Writer Lorenz Hart Writer
Worldwide gross $4.6M · Budget $3M · United States release December 31, 1948
Box office
Budget
$3,048,000
Worldwide gross
$4,552,000
Gross vs. budget
1.5×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 31, 1948
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1949 · Theatrical
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