Words and Music

Words and Music (1948)

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  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Release Date: 1948-12-31
  • User Rating: 5.8/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 1min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Norman Taurog
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From 18 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Tom Drake

    as Richard Rodgers

  • Mickey Rooney

    as Lorenz Hart

  • Janet Leigh

    as Dorothy Feiner

  • 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.

  • June Allyson

    as Alisande La Carteloise

  • Judy Garland

    as Judy Garland

  • Lena Horne

    as Lena Horne

  • Gene Kelly

    as Gene Kelly

  • Vera-Ellen

    as Vera-Ellen

  • Mel Tormé

    as Mel Tormé

  • Clinton Sundberg

    as Shoe Clerk

  • Dee Turnell

    as Dee Turnell

  • Edward Earle

    as James Fernby Kelly

  • Harry Antrim

    as Dr. Rogers

  • Ilka Grüning

    as Mrs. Rogers

  • Emory Parnell

    as Mr. Feiner

  • Ramon Blackburn

    as One of the Blackburn Twins

  • Royce Blackburn

    as One of the Blackburn Twins

  • Dick Haymes

    as Dick Haymes

  • Dorothy Abbott

    as Showgirl (uncredited)

  • Irving Bacon

    as Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)

  • Gower Champion

    as Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

  • Gino Corrado

    as Italian Waiter (uncredited)

  • Jeanne Coyne

    as Showgirl (uncredited)

  • Frank Mayo

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • George Meeker

    as Producer (uncredited)

  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)

  • Allyn Ann McLerie

    as Singer in Garrick Gaeities

  • Candy Toxton

    as

  • Sue Casey

    as

  • George Boyce

    as Cabbie (uncredited)
Directing Norman Taurog Director
Writing Fred F. Finklehoffe Writer
Camera Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Camera Charles Rosher Director of Photography
Production Arthur Freed Producer
Writing Jean Holloway Story
Writing Guy Bolton Story
Writing Ben Feiner Jr. Adaptation
Costume & Make-Up Helen Rose Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Fred Valles Costume Design
Sound Richard Rodgers Songs
Writing Lorenz Hart Lyricist

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