Strike Up the Band (1940 film)
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Strike Up the Band (1940 film) is a 1940 MGM musical comedy starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney about high school students who form a band to compete in a national contest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Strike Up the Band (1940 film) canonical | 3 |
| Strike Up the Band (stage arrangements for film) | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| award |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Academy Award for Best Sound Recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | songs by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Ray June NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Busby Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editedBy | Ben Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredSong |
Do the La Conga
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Our Love Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ Strike Up the Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Jimmy Connors
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Mary Holden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStudio | MGM studios in Culver City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy film
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musical film ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Ira Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
George Gershwin
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Roger Edens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | high school students who form a band to compete in a national contest ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Mickey Rooney–Judy Garland films ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Judy Garland
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Mickey Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Arthur Freed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1940-09-27 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 120 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Fred F. Finklehoffe
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John Monks Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | American high school ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary 1940s ⓘ |
| starring |
Ann Shoemaker
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Francis Pierlot NERFINISHED ⓘ Judy Garland NERFINISHED ⓘ June Preisser NERFINISHED ⓘ Margaret Early NERFINISHED ⓘ Mickey Rooney NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Whiteman NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Brissac NERFINISHED ⓘ William Tracy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audiences ⓘ |
| title | Strike Up the Band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Strike Up the Band (stage arrangements for film)