Listen, Darling

Director: Edwin L. Marin Edwin L. Marin

Overview

This family-geared musical comedy features Judy Garland and Freddie Bartholomew as teens on a search to find Mr. Right for their widowed mother (Mary Astor).

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2012
UPC:	0883316472064
Original Release:	1938
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:15:00
Sales rank:	38,512

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Judy Garland	'Pinkie' Wingate
Freddie Bartholomew	Herbert 'Buzz' Mitchell
Mary Astor	Mrs. Dorothy 'Dottie' Wingate
Walter Pidgeon	Richard Thurlow
Scotty Beckett	Billie Wingate
Barnett Parker	Abercrombie
Gene Lockhart	Mr. Drubbs
Charley Grapewin	Uncle Joe,Uncle Joe
Alan Hale Jr.	J.J. Slattery

Technical Credits

Elaine Ryan

Anne Morrison Chapin

Edwin L. Marin	Director
Jack Cummings	Producer
Elaine Ryan	Screenwriter
Anne Morrison Chapin	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

With an eye on rival Universal's sensational Deanna Durbin, MGM crafted this pleasantly foolish piece of fluff for their own teenage songbird, Judy Garland. But where Durbin did her romantic meddling mainly en coloratura, Garland prefers "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart," "On the Bumpy Road to Love," and "Ten Pins in the Sky." The first mentioned became one of the legend's great favorites and is indeed the main reason for watching Listen, Darling. That, and an early teaming with the delightful Mary Astor. But where, pray tell, was Mickey Rooney?