Words and Music (1948)
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.
The movie Words and Music, released in 1948, features 19 songs from artists like Lena Horne, Mickey Rooney , Tom Drake (dubbed by Bill Lee ) and Marshall Thompson, Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. What is your favorite song from Words and Music?
Songs from Words and Music
- Blue Moon
- Lover
- Where's That Rainbow?
- On Your Toes
- Blue Room
- Way Out West
- This Can't Be Love
- There's A Small Hotel
- Where Or When
- Lena Horne
- Mountain Greenery
- The Lady Is a Tramp
- Lena Horne
- Manhattan
- Mickey Rooney , Tom Drake (dubbed by Bill Lee ) and Marshall Thompson
- I Wish I Were in Love Again
- Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney
- Johnny One Note
- Judy Garland
- Spring Is Here
- Thou Swell
- June Allyson , Ramon Blackburn and Royce Blackburn (dubbed by Pete Roberts and Eugene Cox)
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
- The MGM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Lennie Hayton
- With a Song In My Heart
- Tom Drake (dubbed by Bill Lee )
- With a Song in My Heart (Reprise)