Words and 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.
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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
Marietta Canty
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
Robert Stevenson
Bill Lee
