Strike Up the Band (film)
| Strike Up the Band | |
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| Directed by | Busby Berkeley |
| Screenplay by | John Monks Jr. Fred Finklehoffe |
| Produced by | Arthur Freed |
| Starring | Mickey Rooney Judy Garland |
| Cinematography | Ray June |
| Edited by | Ben Lewis |
| Music by | Roger Edens |
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| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $854,000 |
| Box office | $3,494,000 |
Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Busby Berkeley and stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, in the second of a series of musicals they co-starred in, after Babes in Arms, all directed by Berkeley. The story written for the 1927 stage musical Strike Up the Band, and its successful 1930 Broadway revision, bear no resemblance to this film, aside from the title song.