Girl Crazy (1943)


Girl Crazy
Release Date26 November 1943
Budget$1,000,000
US Box Office$4,000,000
TaglineLOVE OR LUNACY? It's the wild cry of a "girl-crazy" cowboy...but one clear-eyed daughter of the west ropes and ties him!
GenreComedy, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Comedy, Romantic Comedy
ThemesOpposites Attract, Fish Out of Water, Boarding School Life
TonesWitty, Humorous, Easygoing, Sweet, Earnest, Madcap
TagsCon Artist, Daughter, Father, Fundraiser, Love Triangle, Playboy, Rodeo, School, Sheriff, Teenagers

Girl Crazy is a 1943 musical film produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Based on the stage musical of the same name, Girl Crazy stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland in their ninth of ten pairings, partly filmed on location near Palm Springs, California. This was also June Allyson's feature film debut.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Danny Churchill, Jr.

Ginger Gray

Bud Livermore

Robert E. Strickland
Henry Lathrop

'Rags'

Specialty Singer

Polly Williams

Dean Phineas Armour

Marjorie Tait

Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.

Howard Freeman
Governor Tait

Himself - Bandleader Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Themselves - Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra

Six Hits and a Miss
Themselves - Vocalists

The Music Maids
Themselves - Vocalists

William Beaudine Jr.
Tom

Vangie Beilby
Committee Woman

William Bishop
Radio Man

Karin Booth
Showgirl

Harry C. Bradley
Governor's Crony

Showgirl

Jess Lee Brooks
Buckets

Jimmy Butler
Student

Sally Cairns
Checkroom Girl

Showgirl

Fred Coby
Radio Man

Charles Coleman
Maitre d'Hotel

Inez Cooper
Showgirl

Linda Deane
Showgirl

Harry Depp
Short Nervous Man in Nightclub

Helen Dickson
Committee Woman

Showgirl

Southern Girl

John Estes
Student

Mary Jane French
Showgirl

Showgirl

Joe Geil
Student

Julia Griffith
Committee Woman

Aileen Haley
Showgirl

Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers

Rose Higgins
Indian Squaw

John Huddleston
Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers

Virginia Hunter
Showgirl

Frank Jaquet
Roly-Poly Man in Nightclub

Richard Kipling
Dignified Man in Nightclub

Student

Peggy Leon
Committee Woman

Bob Lowell
Student

Chuck Lowry
Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers

Frances MacInerney
Checkroom Girl

Chief Many Treaties
Indian Chief

Roger Moore
Cameraman

Sandra Morgan
Committee Woman

Aileen Morris
Showgirl

Himself - Musician with Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra

Showgirl

Spec O'Donnell
Fiddle Player

George Offerman Jr.
Governor's Messenger

The Pied Pipers
Themselves - Vocalists

Station Master

Henry Roquemore
Fat Man in Nightclub

Blanche Rose
Committee Woman

The Stafford Sisters
Themselves - Vocalists

Herself - Member of the Pied Pipers

Ken Stewart
Student

Student

Melissa Ten Eyck
Committee Woman

Charles Walters
Student

Frances Ward
Showgirl

James Warren
Radio Man

Lillian West
Committee Woman

Showgirl

Showgirl

Clark Yocum
Himself - Member of The Pied Pipers

Director

Writer

Jack McGowan

Fred F. Finklehoffe

contributing writer

William Ludwig
contributing writer

uncredited

Producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Robert H. Planck

Editor

Albert Akst
-

Art Director

Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
-

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph Boyle
assistant director

Art Department

Mac Alper
associate set decorator

Harry McAfee
associate art director

Sound Department

recording director

William Steinkamp
sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department

costume supervisor

associate costume supervisor

Music Department

Ralph Blane
music arranger: vocal arrangements

Roger Edens
music adaptor

Hugh Martin
music arranger: vocal arrangements

Sy Oliver
orchestrator

Merrill Pye
musical presentations

Conrad Salinger
orchestrator

George Stoll
musical director

Axel Stordahl
orchestrator

George Bassman
composer: additional music, music arranger

Sidney Cutner
orchestrator

Ted Duncan
orchestrator

music arranger

Joseph Nussbaum
orchestrator

David Raksin
music arranger, composer: additional music

Arthur Schutt
musician: piano dubbing for Mickey Rooney

Other Crew

Charles Walters
dance director

Jack Donohue
dance director

assistant dance director

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.

Loew's

Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
,

Warner Home Video






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