Strike Up the Band (film)

Strike Up the Band
theatrical release poster
Directed byBusby Berkeley
Screenplay byJohn Monks Jr.
and Fred Finklehoffe
Produced byArthur Freed
StarringMickey Rooney
Judy Garland
CinematographyRay June, A.S.C.
Edited byBen Lewis
Music byRoger Edens
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's, Inc.
Release date
  • September 27, 1940 (1940-09-27)[1]
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$854,000[2]
Box office$3,494,000[2]

Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Busby Berkeley and stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, in the second of a series of musicals they co-starred in, after Babes in Arms, all directed by Berkeley. The story written for the 1927 stage musical Strike Up the Band, and its successful 1930 Broadway revision, bear no resemblance to this film, aside from the title song.[1]

  1. ^ a b Strike Up the Band at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.