"BABES IN ARMS"

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 15 June 1940, Page 4

"BABES IN ARMS"

MICKEY ROONEY AND JUDY GARLAND IN BIG MUSICAL FUN SHOW

Youth is sweeping the country! And , if you don't believe it, see Mickey! Rooney and Judy Garland in the new j musical comedy-drama, ‘Babes in! Arms!” -Two hundred of the cleverest youngsters in Hollywood have been assembled in one picture and the result is one of the liveliest, melody! movies of cinematic history. Mickey Rooney sings and dances, and gives imitations of Clark Gable and Lionel Barrymore. And on top of

that, he gives an acting performance in 1 a truly human story that parallels any- c thing he has ever done in the dramatic t line. As for Judy Garland, she’s never j been better. At the appealing age of \ sixteen Judy*s voice has reached a high 1 point in musical perfection and she ] sings as she has never sung before. Then there are others Betty Jaynes and Douglas McPhail. singing discover- ] ies of Jeanette MacDonald, will make 1 you agree with Miss MacDonald that 1 they are potential singing stars of to- i morrow. June Preisser. youthful 1 dancing sensation of recent ‘‘Ziegfeld ‘ Follies” shows, makes her debut on the ‘

, screen. John Sheffield, better known as “Tarzan, Jr.,” appears in his second picture role. Leni Lynn, the little Passaic, N.J.. singing Cinderella, also makes her motion picture bow. Add to these the pick of 450 outstanding kid performers and you have an idea of just how Youth is taking over the entertainment chores of the moment, i But there are adults in the picture, ! too, with featured roles played by ! Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee, Grace

Hayes and Rand Brooks. Being a story of the days of the passing of vaudeville, the picture revives many names of the great two-a-day. Appearing as vaudevlllains in it are Irene Franklin, Harry Fox. George McKay, Margaret Young, Rube Demarest, Patsy Moran, Pat West, Joe Caits and others. ‘‘Babes in Arms” is based on the Broadway stage hit by Rogers and Hart that ran for a year on the Gay White Way. In addition to songs from the musical play, several new ones have been written such as ‘‘Good Morning.” “My Daddy Was a Minstrel Man,” “Opera vs Jazz” and “God's Country.”