Babes on Broadway, 1940 The third and least satisfying musical in the trilogy of Rooney/Garland films that Berkeley directed finds Rooney as a young performer who cynically uses a needy children's program to gain the attention of a Broadway producer. It contains two big numbers "Hoe Down" and "Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones".

The Cast included:

  • Mickey Rooney .... Tommy Williams
  • Judy Garland .... Penny Morris
  • Fay Bainter .... Miss Jones aka 'Jonesy'
  • Virginia Weidler .... Barbara Jo Conway
  • Ray McDonald .... Ray Lambert
  • Richard Quine .... Morton Hammond
  • Donald Meek .... Mr. Stone
  • Alexander Woollcott .... Himself
  • Luis Alberni .... Nick
  • James Gleason .... Thorton Reed
  • Emma Dunn .... Mrs. Williams
  • Frederick Burton .... Theodore Morris
  • Cliff Clark .... Inspector Moriarty
  • William Post Jr. .... Announcer
"How About You"
sung by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney		  
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