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Words and Music

The BIGGEST musical!

Movie - 121mins

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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.

Rating: 5.7

Cast:

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Allyn

Ann

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Candy

Toxton

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Sue

Casey

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George

Boyce

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Robert

Stevenson

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Tom

Drake

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Mickey

Rooney

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Janet

Leigh

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Marshall

Thompson

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Betty

Garrett

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Jeanette

Nolan

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Ann

Sothern

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Perry

Como

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Cyd

Charisse

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Richard

Quine

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June

Allyson

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Judy

Garland

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Lena

Horne

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Gene

Kelly

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Vera-Ellen

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Mel

Tormé

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Clinton

Sundberg

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Dee

Turnell

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Edward

Earle

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Harry

Antrim

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Ilka

Grüning

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Emory

Parnell

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Ramon

Blackburn

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Royce

Blackburn

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Dick

Haymes

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Dorothy

Abbott

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Irving

Bacon

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Gower

Champion

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Gino

Corrado

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Jeanne

Coyne

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Frank

Mayo

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George

Meeker

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Bert

Moorhouse

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Allyn

Ann

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Candy

Toxton

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Sue

Casey

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George

Boyce

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Robert

Stevenson

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Tom

Drake

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Mickey

Rooney

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Janet

Leigh

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Marshall

Thompson

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Betty

Garrett