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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1939 film by Busby Berkeley</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">Babes in Arms</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Babes-in-Arms-1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Babes-in-Arms-1939.jpg/220px-Babes-in-Arms-1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Babes-in-Arms-1939.jpg/330px-Babes-in-Arms-1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Babes-in-Arms-1939.jpg/440px-Babes-in-Arms-1939.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1373" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Busby_Berkeley" title="Busby Berkeley">Busby Berkeley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Uncredited:</b> <br /><a href="/wiki/John_Meehan_(screenwriter)" title="John Meehan (screenwriter)">John Meehan</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Noel_Langley" title="Noel Langley">Noel Langley</a><sup id="cite_ref-afi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /><a href="/wiki/Anita_Loos" title="Anita Loos">Anita Loos</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Florence_Ryerson" title="Florence Ryerson">Florence Ryerson</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Annalee_Whitmore_Fadiman" title="Annalee Whitmore Fadiman">Annalee Whitmore Fadiman</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Woolf" title="Edgar Allan Woolf">Edgar Allan Woolf</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jack_McGowan_(playwright)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack McGowan (playwright)">Jack McGowan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kay_Van_Riper" title="Kay Van Riper">Kay Van Riper</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><i><a href="/wiki/Babes_in_Arms" title="Babes in Arms">Babes in Arms</a></i><br />by <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="display: inline"><ul style="display: inline"><li style="display: inline"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lorenz_Hart" title="Lorenz Hart">Lorenz Hart</a></li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Freed" title="Arthur Freed">Arthur Freed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ray_June" title="Ray June">Ray June</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Sullivan_(film_editor)" title="Frank Sullivan (film editor)">Frank Sullivan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Songs:</b> <br /><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Freed" title="Arthur Freed">Arthur Freed</a> (lyrics) & <br /><a href="/wiki/Nacio_Herb_Brown" title="Nacio Herb Brown">Nacio Herb Brown</a> (music); <br /><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rodgers" title="Richard Rodgers">Richard Rodgers</a> (music) & <br /><a href="/wiki/Lorenz_Hart" title="Lorenz Hart">Lorenz Hart</a> (lyrics); <br /> <a href="/wiki/Harold_Arlen" title="Harold Arlen">Harold Arlen</a> (music) & <br /><a href="/wiki/E._Y._Harburg" class="mw-redirect" title="E. Y. Harburg">E. Y. Harburg</a> (lyrics); <br /><a href="/wiki/Roger_Edens" title="Roger Edens">Roger Edens</a> (music & lyrics) <br />et al.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer" title="Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer">Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Loews_Cineplex_Entertainment" title="Loews Cineplex Entertainment">Loew's, Inc.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>September 15, 1939<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1939-09-15</span>)</span> (Houston)</li> <li>October 13, 1939<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1939-10-13</span>)</span> (United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">93 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$745,341<sup id="cite_ref-scott_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mannix_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannix-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$3,335,000<sup id="cite_ref-scott_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mannix_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannix-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Babes in Arms</b></i> is the 1939 <a href="/wiki/Coming-of-age_story" title="Coming-of-age story">coming of age</a> American film version of the 1937 <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a> <a href="/wiki/Babes_in_Arms" title="Babes in Arms">of the same title</a>. Directed by <a href="/wiki/Busby_Berkeley" title="Busby Berkeley">Busby Berkeley</a>, it stars <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a>, and features <a href="/wiki/Charles_Winninger" title="Charles Winninger">Charles Winninger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guy_Kibbee" title="Guy Kibbee">Guy Kibbee</a>, <a href="/wiki/June_Preisser" title="June Preisser">June Preisser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grace_Hayes" title="Grace Hayes">Grace Hayes</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Betty_Jaynes_(actress)" title="Betty Jaynes (actress)">Betty Jaynes</a>. It was Garland and Rooney's second film together as lead characters after their earlier successful pairing in the fourth of the <a href="/wiki/Andy_Hardy" title="Andy Hardy">Andy Hardy</a> films. The film concerns a group of youngsters trying to put on a show to prove their <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudevillian</a> parents wrong and make it to Broadway. The original <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> script was significantly revamped, restructured, and rewritten to accommodate Hollywood's needs. Almost all of the <a href="/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hart" title="Rodgers and Hart">Rodgers and Hart</a> songs from the Broadway musical were discarded. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1921, <a href="/wiki/Vaudeville" title="Vaudeville">vaudeville</a> performer Joe Moran (Winninger) announces the birth of a son, but after the advent of talking pictures in 1928, vaudeville fails. His son Michael "Mickey" Moran (Rooney) writes songs, and Patsy Barton (Garland) sings "Good Morning". Mickey sells the song for $100. He gives Patsy his pin and kisses her. Mickey learns that his parents Joe and Florrie (Grace Hayes) are going on the road without the children, and he disagrees. Patsy and Molly Moran (Jaynes) sing "You Are My Lucky Star" and "Broadway Rhythm", but Joe says no to their going. So, Mickey proposes the kids put on a show, and Don Brice (<a href="/wiki/Douglas_McPhail" title="Douglas McPhail">Douglas McPhail</a>) sings "Babes in Arms" as they march and make a bonfire. Joe dismisses Mickey. </p><p>Martha Steele (<a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)" title="Margaret Hamilton (actress)">Margaret Hamilton</a>) and her nephew Jeff (<a href="/wiki/Rand_Brooks" title="Rand Brooks">Rand Brooks</a>) from military school complain to Judge Black (Kibbee) about the Vaudeville kids. She suggests that the judge send the kids to the workhouse for children because their parents cannot take care of them, but the judge will not take them from their homes. In a drugstore, Mickey and Patsy meet movie star Baby Rosalie Essex (Preisser), but Mickey gets in a fight with Jeff. Mickey tells Judge Black that his parents' show flopped. The judge gives Mickey 30 days to pay damages. Don and Molly sing "Where or When" with an orchestra of children. Mickey has a date with Baby and dines in her house. Mickey wants Baby in the show, which needs $287. She offers to pay it. Mickey smokes a cigar and leaves sick. </p><p>Mickey tells Patsy that Baby has to play the lead because of the money. Mickey directs rehearsal with Baby and Don, imitating <a href="/wiki/Clark_Gable" title="Clark Gable">Clark Gable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Barrymore" title="Lionel Barrymore">Lionel Barrymore</a>. Patsy sees Mickey kiss Baby. Mickey tries to stop Patsy from leaving. On the bus, Patsy sings "I Cried for You". Patsy goes to a theater to see her mother (<a href="/wiki/Ann_Shoemaker" title="Ann Shoemaker">Ann Shoemaker</a>). Patsy says that Mickey is putting on a show to keep the kids out of an institution. Patsy's mother tells Patsy not to quit her show. </p><p>Baby's father takes her out of the show, and Mickey asks Patsy to go on. In the show, Patsy sings "Daddy Was a Minstrel Man". Mickey and Patsy put on <a href="/wiki/Blackface" title="Blackface">blackface</a> and sing a medley with Don. Patsy sings "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Just_Wild_About_Harry" title="I'm Just Wild About Harry">I'm Just Wild About Harry</a>", but a storm drives the audience away. Mickey learns that his father quit theater and got an elevator job. Mrs. Steele says the children must report and gives Joe the paper. Mickey gets a letter from producer Maddox (<a href="/wiki/Henry_Hull" title="Henry Hull">Henry Hull</a>), who liked the show and produces it. As Mickey listens, Maddox asks Joe to teach the youngsters in the show. Mickey introduces the show by singing "God's Country", which the company contrasts to fascism. Mickey and Patsy satirize <a href="/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt" class="mw-redirect" title="Franklin Delano Roosevelt">Franklin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a>, and then everybody dances and finishes with a chorus of "God's Country". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a> as Mickey Moran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Garland" title="Judy Garland">Judy Garland</a> as Patsy Barton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Winninger" title="Charles Winninger">Charles Winninger</a> as Joe Moran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Kibbee" title="Guy Kibbee">Guy Kibbee</a> as Judge John Black</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_Preisser" title="June Preisser">June Preisser</a> as "Baby" Rosalie Essex</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grace_Hayes" title="Grace Hayes">Grace Hayes</a> as Florrie Moran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Jaynes_(actress)" title="Betty Jaynes (actress)">Betty Jaynes</a> as Molly Moran</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_McPhail" title="Douglas McPhail">Douglas McPhail</a> as Don Brice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rand_Brooks" title="Rand Brooks">Rand Brooks</a> as Jeff Steele</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leni_Lynn" title="Leni Lynn">Leni Lynn</a> as Dody Martin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)" title="Margaret Hamilton (actress)">Margaret Hamilton</a> as Martha Steele</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Crehan" title="Joseph Crehan">Joseph Crehan</a> as Mr. Essex</li> <li>George McKay as Brice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Roquemore" title="Henry Roquemore">Henry Roquemore</a> as Shaw</li> <li>Lelah Tyler as Mrs. Brice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Miller_(actor)" title="Sidney Miller (actor)">Sidney Miller</a> as Sid</li></ul> <p><b>Cast notes:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Edwards" title="Cliff Edwards">Cliff Edwards</a> appears in a clip from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Revue_of_1929" class="mw-redirect" title="The Hollywood Revue of 1929">The Hollywood Revue of 1929</a></i> of the song "Singin' in the Rain"</li> <li>Vaudevillian <a href="/wiki/Charles_King_(vaudevillian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles King (vaudevillian)">Charles King</a> appears in a clip from <i><a href="/wiki/The_Broadway_Melody" title="The Broadway Melody">The Broadway Melody</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Babes in Arms</i> is the first film directed in its entirety at MGM by choreographer Busby Berkeley.<sup id="cite_ref-Hollywood_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hollywood-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was produced by the <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Freed" title="Arthur Freed">Arthur Freed</a> unit at the studio.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Filming of <i>Babes in Arms</i> began on May 12, 1939, soon after Garland and Hamilton had finished filming <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz" title="The Wizard of Oz">The Wizard of Oz</a></i>, and was completed on July 18, 1939. </p><p>The original release of the film included a segment during the finale in which Rooney and Garland lampoon President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and First Lady <a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt" title="Eleanor Roosevelt">Eleanor Roosevelt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-babes_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scene was removed after Roosevelt's death for the film's reissue in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-TCM_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCM-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was thought to be lost, but was discovered on a 16-mm reel and restored in the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-babes_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-babes-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music">Music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the <a href="/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hart" title="Rodgers and Hart">Rodgers and Hart</a> songs from the stage musical were cut, except for the title tune, "<a href="/wiki/The_Lady_Is_a_Tramp" title="The Lady Is a Tramp">The Lady Is a Tramp</a>" – used as background music when the character of "Baby" Rosalie Essex is on screen, and "<a href="/wiki/Where_or_When" title="Where or When">Where or When</a>". Freed and <a href="/wiki/Nacio_Herb_Brown" title="Nacio Herb Brown">Nacio Herb Brown</a> wrote a new song for the film, "<a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_(1939_song)" title="Good Morning (1939 song)">Good Morning</a>", later to be a musical number in <i><a href="/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain" title="Singin' in the Rain">Singin' in the Rain</a></i>. "God's Country", from <i><a href="/wiki/Hooray_for_What!" title="Hooray for What!">Hooray for What!</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Harold_Arlen" title="Harold Arlen">Harold Arlen</a> and <a href="/wiki/E._Y._Harburg" class="mw-redirect" title="E. Y. Harburg">E. Y. Harburg</a> – composer and lyricist for <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> – was used for the finale. Garland and Rooney later sang "<a href="/wiki/I_Wish_I_Were_in_Love_Again" title="I Wish I Were in Love Again">I Wish I Were in Love Again</a>" from the Broadway version of the show in the Rodgers and Hart <a href="/wiki/Biopic" class="mw-redirect" title="Biopic">biopic</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Words_and_Music_(1948_film)" title="Words and Music (1948 film)">Words and Music</a></i> (1948). Garland also sang "<a href="/wiki/Johnny_One_Note" title="Johnny One Note">Johnny One Note</a>" in the same picture. The film, as well as the musical, included the song "<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Just_Wild_About_Harry" title="I'm Just Wild About Harry">I'm Just Wild About Harry</a>", which was written in 1921 for the <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway theater">Broadway</a> show <i><a href="/wiki/Shuffle_Along" title="Shuffle Along">Shuffle Along</a></i>, with lyrics by <a href="/wiki/Noble_Sissle" title="Noble Sissle">Noble Sissle</a> and music by <a href="/wiki/Eubie_Blake" title="Eubie Blake">Eubie Blake</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Musical numbers were recorded in <a href="/wiki/Stereophonic_sound" title="Stereophonic sound">stereophonic sound</a>, but released to theaters with conventional <a href="/wiki/Monaural_sound" title="Monaural sound">monaural sound</a>. Recent home-video releases feature some of the original stereo recordings.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Release">Release</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film premiered on October 13, 1939, and became one of the <a href="/wiki/1939_in_film#Top-grossing_films_(U.S.)" title="1939 in film">10 biggest hits of the year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-scott_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scott-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to MGM records, it earned $2,311,000 in the US and Canada and $1,024,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $1,542,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Mannix_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mannix-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, <i>Babes in Arms</i> holds a rating of 90% based on reviews from 40 critics with the consensus: "With all the adorable gumption of its young stars, <i>Babes in Arms</i> pays thoroughly entertaining tribute to the magic of show business."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mickey_Rooney_in_Babes_in_Arms_trailer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mickey_Rooney_in_Babes_in_Arms_trailer.jpg/170px-Mickey_Rooney_in_Babes_in_Arms_trailer.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mickey_Rooney_in_Babes_in_Arms_trailer.jpg/255px-Mickey_Rooney_in_Babes_in_Arms_trailer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Mickey_Rooney_in_Babes_in_Arms_trailer.jpg/340px-Mickey_Rooney_in_Babes_in_Arms_trailer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="442" /></a><figcaption> The performance of <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rooney" title="Mickey Rooney">Mickey Rooney</a> received widespread acclaim, with 19-year-old Rooney garnering a nomination for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role">Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role</a>, becoming the <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Youngest_nominees_2" title="List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees">second-youngest Best Actor</a> nominee.</figcaption></figure> <p>The film was nominated for two <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>: <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor in a Leading Role</a> for Mickey Rooney, <a href="/wiki/List_of_oldest_and_youngest_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees#Youngest_nominees_2" title="List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees">who was 19 at the time and became the second-youngest Best Actor nominee</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score" title="Academy Award for Best Original Score">Best Music, Scoring</a> by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Edens" title="Roger Edens">Roger Edens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Georgie_Stoll" title="Georgie Stoll">Georgie Stoll</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Oscars.org_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Oscars.org-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Babes in Arms</i> was released on <a href="/wiki/VHS" title="VHS">VHS</a> tape in 1992. It was released on <a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a> for the first time as part of <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> five-disc DVD set <i>The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection</i> on September 25, 2007. The set contains <i>Babes in Arms</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Babes_on_Broadway" title="Babes on Broadway">Babes on Broadway</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Girl_Crazy" title="Girl Crazy">Girl Crazy</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Strike_Up_the_Band_(film)" title="Strike Up the Band (film)">Strike Up the Band</a></i>, as well as a fifth disc containing bonus features on Rooney and Garland.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1939" title="List of American films of 1939">List of American films of 1939</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Babes_in_Arms_(film)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-afi-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-afi_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/5118"><i>Babes in Arms</i></a> at the <em><a href="/wiki/AFI_Catalog_of_Feature_Films" title="AFI Catalog of Feature Films">AFI Catalog of Feature Films</a></em></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scott-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-scott_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scott_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scott_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Eyman, Scott. <i>Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer</i>, Robson, 2005 p 328</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mannix-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mannix_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mannix_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mannix_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><i>The Eddie Mannix Ledger</i>, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Eddie+Mannix+Ledger&rft.place=Los+Angeles&rft.pub=Margaret+Herrick+Library%2C+Center+for+Motion+Picture+Study&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABabes+in+Arms+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hollywood-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hollywood_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHirschhorn1991" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Clive_Hirschhorn" title="Clive Hirschhorn">Hirschhorn, Clive</a> (1991) [1981]. <i>The Hollywood Musical</i> (2nd ed.). New York: Portland House. p. 167. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-06035-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-06035-3"><bdi>0-517-06035-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hollywood+Musical&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=167&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Portland+House&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-517-06035-3&rft.aulast=Hirschhorn&rft.aufirst=Clive&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABabes+in+Arms+%28film%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHighamGreenberg1968" class="citation book cs1">Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). <i>Hollywood in the Forties</i>. London: A. 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Hattie">Panama Hattie</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_Me_and_My_Gal_(film)" title="For Me and My Gal (film)">For Me and My Gal</a></i> (1942)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cabin_in_the_Sky_(film)" title="Cabin in the Sky (film)">Cabin in the Sky</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Du_Barry_Was_a_Lady_(film)" title="Du Barry Was a Lady (film)">Du Barry Was a Lady</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Best_Foot_Forward_(film)" title="Best Foot Forward (film)">Best Foot Forward</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Girl_Crazy_(1943_film)" title="Girl Crazy (1943 film)">Girl Crazy</a></i> (1943)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meet_Me_in_St._Louis" title="Meet Me in St. Louis">Meet Me in St. Louis</a></i> (1944)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yolanda_and_the_Thief" title="Yolanda and the Thief">Yolanda and the Thief</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Harvey_Girls" title="The Harvey Girls">The Harvey Girls</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ziegfeld_Follies_(film)" title="Ziegfeld Follies (film)">Ziegfeld Follies</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By" title="Till the Clouds Roll By">Till the Clouds Roll By</a></i> (1946)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_News_(1947_film)" title="Good News (1947 film)">Good News</a></i> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Holiday_(1948_film)" title="Summer Holiday (1948 film)">Summer Holiday</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pirate_(1948_film)" title="The Pirate (1948 film)">The Pirate</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Easter_Parade_(film)" title="Easter Parade (film)">Easter Parade</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Words_and_Music_(1948_film)" title="Words and Music (1948 film)">Words and Music</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_Me_Out_to_the_Ball_Game_(film)" title="Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)">Take Me Out to the Ball Game</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Barkleys_of_Broadway" title="The Barkleys of Broadway">The Barkleys of Broadway</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Town_(film)" title="On the Town (film)">On the Town</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(film)" title="Annie Get Your Gun (film)">Annie Get Your Gun</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pagan_Love_Song" title="Pagan Love Song">Pagan Love Song</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Royal_Wedding" title="Royal Wedding">Royal Wedding</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Show_Boat_(1951_film)" title="Show Boat (1951 film)">Show Boat</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/An_American_in_Paris_(film)" title="An American in Paris (film)">An American in Paris</a></i> (1951)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Belle_of_New_York_(1952_film)" title="The Belle of New York (1952 film)">The Belle of New York</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Singin%27_in_the_Rain" title="Singin' in the Rain">Singin' in the Rain</a></i> (1952)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Band_Wagon" title="The Band Wagon">The Band Wagon</a></i> (1953)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brigadoon_(film)" title="Brigadoon (film)">Brigadoon</a></i> (1954)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Always_Fair_Weather" title="It's Always Fair Weather">It's Always Fair Weather</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kismet_(1955_film)" title="Kismet (1955 film)">Kismet</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Invitation_to_the_Dance_(film)" title="Invitation to the Dance (film)">Invitation to the Dance</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silk_Stockings_(1957_film)" title="Silk Stockings (1957 film)">Silk Stockings</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gigi_(1958_film)" title="Gigi (1958 film)">Gigi</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bells_Are_Ringing_(film)" title="Bells Are Ringing (film)">Bells Are Ringing</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Uncredited <br /> as producer</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz" title="The Wizard of Oz">The Wizard of Oz</a></i> (1939)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meet_the_People" title="Meet the People">Meet the People</a></i> (1944)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-musicals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Clock_(1945_film)" title="The Clock (1945 film)">The Clock</a></i> (1945)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Any_Number_Can_Play" title="Any Number Can Play">Any Number Can Play</a></i> (1949)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crisis_(1950_film)" title="Crisis (1950 film)">Crisis</a></i> (1950)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Subterraneans_(film)" title="The Subterraneans (film)">The Subterraneans</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a 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