Girl Crazy [Blu-ray]

Director: Norman Taurog, Busby Berkeley Norman Taurog

Overview

In this second film version of the George & Ira Gershwin Broadway hit, Mickey Rooney stars as a teen-aged playboy who is sent to a western mining school by his father. Judy Garland plays the feisty, lovelorn daughter of the mining-school dean, who falls in love with the hero.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/21/2020
UPC:	0883929715459
Original Release:	1943
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[B&W]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	24,172

Special Features

Introduction by Mickey Rooney; Commentary by historian John Fricke; Comedy short Hollywood Daredevils; Cartoon The Early Bird Dood It; "I Got Rhythm" stereo remix version; Audio-Only Bonus: "Bronco Buster" outtake; Theatrical trailer; 1080p High Definition; English SDH subtitles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mickey Rooney	Danny Churchill Jr.
Judy Garland	Ginger Gray
Gil Stratton	Bud Livermore
Robert Strickland	Henry Lathrop
Rags Ragland	Rags
June Allyson	Specialty
Nancy Walker	Polly Williams
Guy Kibbee	Dean Phineas Armour
Frances Rafferty	Marjorie Tait
Howard Freeman	Gov. Tait
Henry O'Neill	Mr. Churchill Sr.
Sidney Miller	Ed
Peter Lawford	Boy
Eve Whitney	Brunette/Showgirl
Carole Gallagher	Blonde
Kay Williams	Blonde
Jess Lee Brooks	Buckets,Showgirl
Roger Moore	Cameraman
Charles Coleman	Maitre d'Hotel
Harry Depp	Nervous Man
Richard Kipling	Dignified Man
Henry Roquemore	Fat Man
Alphonse Martell	Waiter
Frances McInerney	Checkroom Girl
Sally Cairns	Checkroom Girl
Barbara Bedford	Churchill's Secretary
Victor Potel	Stationmaster
Joe 'Corky' Geil	Student
Ken Stewart	Student
William Beaudine Jr.	Tom
Irving Bacon	Reception Clerk
George Offerman Jr.	Messenger
Mary Elliott	Southern Girl
Karin Booth	Girl
Georgia Carroll	Showgirl
Aileen Haley	Showgirl
Noreen Nash	Showgirl
Natalie Draper	Showgirl
Mary Jane French	Showgirl
Inez Cooper	Showgirl
Linda Deane	Showgirl
Don Taylor	Boy
Jimmy Butler	Boy
John Estes	Boy
Bob Lowell	Boy
Sarah Edwards	Governor's Secretary
William Bishop	Radio Man
James Warren	Radio Man
Fred Coby	Radio Man
Blanche Rose	Committee Woman
Helen Dickson	Committee Woman
Melissa Ten Eyck	Committee Woman
Vangie Beilby	Committee Woman
Julia Griffith	Committee Woman
Lillian West	Committee Woman
Sandra Morgan	Committee Woman
Peggy Leon	Committee Woman
Bess Flowers	Committee Woman
Harry C. Bradley	Governor's Crony
Chief Many Treaties	Indian Chief
Rose Higgins	Indian Squaw
Spec O'Donnell	Fiddle Player
Bill Hazlett	Indian Chief
Ted Offenbecker	Messenger
Ira Gershwin	Composer

Technical Credits

Dorothy Kingsley

Fred Finklehoffe

William Ludwig

Sid Silvers

Norman Taurog	Director
Dorothy Kingsley	Screenwriter
Fred Finklehoffe	Screenwriter
William Ludwig	Screenwriter
Sid Silvers	Screenwriter
Arthur Freed	Producer
Busby Berkeley	Director

Editorial Reviews

While Girl Crazy falls solidly into the Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland "let's put on a show" series, it has a few touches that distinguish it. Chief among these is that, unlike in most of the others, Garland and Rooney are not playing kids. True, they're still students, but at least they're in college, and they get to act (within the constraints of a typical musical of the period) like adults. The "gee whiz" and "golly gee" atmosphere is gone, and in its place, the two get to engage in a little Astaire-Rogers styled "adversarial romantics." Crazy is also different in that the theatrical world is not at the forefront until the film is half over. And finally, Crazy uses a large chunk of the score from the original stage musical, rather than jettisoning most songs and replacing them with inferior versions. The fact that the characters are older really gives the stars something to act this go-round, and they do a wonderful job. Rooney is still occasionally a bit too energetic, but for the most part it's a restrained and winning performance. And Garland -- who never looked better than she does here -- gives one of her finest performances. The material may not give her the chance to stretch that, say, A Star Is Born, would -- but the effectiveness and variety of her performance with such light material is all the more noteworthy. Vocally, she's in fine voice, with a melancholy "But Not for Me," a deadpan "Bidin' My Time," and a grand "I Got Rhythm." Nancy Walker is enjoyable but wasted in a role that gives her little to do; by contrast, June Allyson, with just one chorus of the opening number, has rarely been better. The "Rhythm" number, by Busby Berkeley, is great fun, but all of Girl Crazy is fine entertainment.