Words and Music

Movie

Words and Music

Drama

Music

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.

Date: 12/31/1948

Rating: 5.8

Cast: Tom Drake, Mickey Rooney, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson, Betty Garrett, Jeanette Nolan, Ann Sothern, Perry Como, Cyd Charisse, Richard Quine, June Allyson, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Vera-Ellen, Mel Tormé, Clinton Sundberg, Dee Turnell, Edward Earle, Harry Antrim, Ilka Grüning, Emory Parnell, Ramon Blackburn, Royce Blackburn, Dick Haymes, Dorothy Abbott, Irving Bacon, Gower Champion, Gino Corrado, Jeanne Coyne, Frank Mayo, George Meeker, Bert Moorhouse, Allyn Ann McLerie, Candy Toxton, Sue Casey, George Boyce

Tom Drake