Genre	Comedy :: Musical
Date Released	27 September 1940
Production	Hat Trick Productions
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Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

Paul Whiteman: Take that boy on the street. Teach him to blow a horn and he`ll never blow a safe.

Trivia

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The puppet orchestra made of fruit that comes to life playing instruments for Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland on a kitchen table, was the work of animator George Pal. He had just arrived in Hollywood from Europe via New York and this was among his first projects. Pal`s work was relatively unknown by American audiences, thus he was uncredited.

The original camera negative was destroyed in May 1978 during a nitrate film fire in the George Eastman House archives. The fire also destroyed 328 other films` original camera negatives.

A tearjerker dating back to 1913, "The Curse of an Aching Heart" (music by Al Piantadosi, lyrics by Henry Fink), intended for Judy Garland in the "Nell of New Rochelle" sequence, was cut from the release print. Miss Garland`s prerecording is featured on "Mickey & Judy," a CD box set from Rhino.

The 1930 Broadway production of "Strike Up the Band", with music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, had no relation to the story of this film. That was a political satire that had trouble getting to Broadway, and when it did, it had only a short run of 191 performances. However, the title song became very popular and is included in this film.

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