Broadway Rhythm!
Added 11/9/2009
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is an ambitious young actress who isn't afraid to use her connections to get ahead in life. She is good friends with the mother of famous Broadway director John Thornway (Van Heflin) and does her best to impress him with her skills. He isn't interested, but she follows him to New York and weasels her way into the show, and eventually into his heart.
The story is a bit conventional, but what it lacks in originality, it makes up for with talent. You'll be focusing all of your attention on the stars.
It is a bit unbelievable that Judy was ever a bad actress or a bad performer, but we get her "failing" at acting, like in the Hamlet scene. In these bits, she's a ham and a riot, knowing just when to emphasize her words to make the scene really funny.
The grand finale is wonderful too. Judy was incredibly beautiful at this time in her career, and the black sparkling dress she wears shows off how glamorous she could be.
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Good old fashioned musical
Added 8/14/2009
Since seeing this early Garland film on late-night TV as a kid I always remembered it for its simple charm and winning characters. Now that I've watched it again on DVD I'm not disappointed at all. It still holds up as one of Garland's early winners. The numbers are good but the story and gradual romance between Judy and Van Heflin still works. Highly recommended.
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One of Judy's best
Added 9/7/2008
This is one of Judy's best early (pre Meet me in st louis) movies, and she looks beautiful in it. Well worth having, though not one of her best musically, it's still better than most other films without Judy!
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I like it alot but there is one problem
Added 6/4/2008
I like everything in this movie: the story, music, and there are some funny parts. The thing I don't like is that the opera singer(Marta Eggerth)sings so badly and she sings with her annoying voice to much, and they instead should give more parts for Judy Garland to sing.But over all, I think you should buy it.
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Judy Garland at her best!
Added 3/27/2008
Presenting Lily Mars (1943) was Judy's second real role as the glamorous adult women (the first being 1942's "For Me and My Gal"), not the "kid-next-door" as she had previously been. And, unlike her Mickey Rooney movies, she gets the guy at the end of the movie!
The story is pretty simple: she's stage-struck and she wants to star on Broadway. Her next door neighbor, John Thornton (Van Heflin) is a big Broadway producer. So, she follows him to New York in hopes of getting her big break and the two of them end up falling in love.
The songs are spectacular (Of course, any song that Judy sings is, right?)! You have to love "Every Little Movement Has a Meaning Of It's Own" and "Broadway Rhythm"!
(The only thing that bothered me about this movie was that I felt her brother was to old to be collecting doorknobs.)
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Broadway Rhythm!
Added 11/9/2009
Lily Mars (Judy Garland) is an ambitious young actress who isn't afraid to use her connections to get ahead in life. She is good friends with the mother of famous Broadway director John Thornway (Van Heflin) and does her best to impress him with her skills. He isn't interested, but she follows him to New York and weasels her way into the show, and eventually into his heart.
The story is a bit conventional, but what it lacks in originality, it makes up for with talent. You'll be focusing all of your attention on the stars.
It is a bit unbelievable that Judy was ever a bad actress or a bad performer, but we get her "failing" at acting, like in the Hamlet scene. In these bits, she's a ham and a riot, knowing just when to emphasize her words to make the scene really funny.
The grand finale is wonderful too. Judy was incredibly beautiful at this time in her career, and the black sparkling dress she wears shows off how glamorous she could be.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Good old fashioned musical
Added 8/14/2009
Since seeing this early Garland film on late-night TV as a kid I always remembered it for its simple charm and winning characters. Now that I've watched it again on DVD I'm not disappointed at all. It still holds up as one of Garland's early winners. The numbers are good but the story and gradual romance between Judy and Van Heflin still works. Highly recommended.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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One of Judy's best
Added 9/7/2008
This is one of Judy's best early (pre Meet me in st louis) movies, and she looks beautiful in it. Well worth having, though not one of her best musically, it's still better than most other films without Judy!
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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