---
title: 'Babes in Arms (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Busby Berkeley'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/babes-in-arms-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031066/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Babes in Arms (1939)

1939 · 93 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Babes in Arms is the 1939 coming of age American film version of the 1937 Broadway musical of the same title. Directed by Busby Berkeley, it stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and features Charles Winninger, Guy Kibbee, June Preisser, Grace Hayes, and Betty Jaynes. It was Garland and Rooney's second film together as lead characters after their earlier successful pairing in the fourth of the Andy Hardy films. The film concerns a group of youngsters trying to put on a show to prove their vaudevillian parents wrong and make it to Broadway. The original Broadway script was significantly revamped, restructured, and rewritten to accommodate Hollywood's needs. Almost all of the Rodgers and Hart songs from the Broadway musical were discarded.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Busby Berkeley](https://cinepixo.com/people/busby-berkeley)
- **Screenplay:** [Jack McGowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mcgowan), [Kay Van Riper](https://cinepixo.com/people/kay-van-riper)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nacio Herb Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/nacio-herb-brown)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-freed)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ray June](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-june)
- **Editor:** [Frank Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sullivan)

## Cast

- [Johnny Sheffield](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-sheffield)
- [Mickey Rooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rooney)
- [Ann Shoemaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-shoemaker)
- [Mary Treen](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-treen)
- [Margaret Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-hamilton)
- [Guy Kibbee](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-kibbee)
- [Joseph Crehan](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-crehan)
- [Judy Garland](https://cinepixo.com/people/judy-garland)
- [Charles Winninger](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-winninger)
- [Rand Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/rand-brooks)
- [Henry Hull](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-hull)

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