Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
Direction
Berkeley's insane finale with giant papier-mâché instruments.
Acting
Rooney and Garland's crackling chemistry before she became tragic icon.
Director
Busby Berkeley
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Moran
Judy Garland
Patsy Barton
Charles Winninger
Joe Moran
Guy Kibbee
Judge Black
June Preisser
Rosalie Essex
Margaret Hamilton
Martha Steele
Grace Hayes
Florrie Moran
Betty Jaynes
Molly Moran
Douglas McPhail
Don Brice
Rand Brooks
Jeff Steele
Leni Lynn
Dody Martini
Johnny Sheffield
Bobs (as John Sheffield)
Henry Hull
Madox
Barnett Parker
William
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Barton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'God's Country' finale required 150 carpapers working 24-hour shifts to build the 100-foot papier-mâché violin.
This was part of MGM's 'backyard musical' formula that kept Rooney and Garland in perpetual adolescence even as real years passed—Hollywood's original arrested development.
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