Girl Crazy (1943 film)
| Girl Crazy | |
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Girl Crazy film poster
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| Directed by |
Norman Taurog Busby Berkeley |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Written by |
Guy Bolton (play) Jack McGowan (play) Fred F. Finklehoffe Dorothy Kingsley (uncredited) William Ludwig (uncredited) Sid Silvers (uncredited) |
| Starring |
Mickey Rooney Judy Garland |
| Music by | George Gershwin |
| Edited by | Albert Akst |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release date
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November 26, 1943 |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,469,000 |
| Box office | $3,771,000 |
Girl Crazy is a 1943 musical film produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Based on the stage musical of the same name, Girl Crazy stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in their ninth of ten pairings, partly filmed on location near Palm Springs, California. This was also June Allyson's feature film debut. Music and lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin.
Production began with Busby Berkeley as director, but Berkeley was fired after continued run-ins with Garland. An elaborate production number set to "I Got Rhythm" was his only major contribution to the film.Norman Taurog, who went on to direct Elvis Presley's rock and roll musicals, took over.
The film used six songs from the original stage musical, plus another Gershwin song, "Fascinating Rhythm".
The musical numbers were recorded in stereophonic sound but mixed into mono for release to theaters. Rhino Records released a compact disc featuring the original stereo recordings, which include probably the only stereo tracks of Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.
Danny Churchill, a young philandering playboy, is taken out of college by his concerned father and sent to 'Cody College', somewhere in the American West, in the hope that he'll stay away from girls and knuckle down to his studies.
En route from the train depot he meets Ginger, the local postal mistress and toast of all the students and falls for her. Initially not pleased with what he finds at the school, not least the primitive facilities and practical-joking fellow-students, he eventually settles in.
Danny and Ginger are devastated when they learn that the college must close, due to falling enrollments. Using his father's society and business contacts, he approaches the state governor and extracts a promise that the college may be reprieved if enrollments improve. Danny decides to put on a show to 'bring back the old west' and persuades the college Dean to buy the first ticket.
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