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| Girl Crazy | |
| Music | George Gershwin |
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| Lyrics | Ira Gershwin |
| Book | Guy Bolton Jack McGowan |
| Productions | 1930 Broadway 1932 Film 1943 Film |
Girl Crazy is a theater musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and Jack McGowan. It is remembered as the show that made stars of both Ginger Rogers (who, with Allen Kearns, sang "Could You Use Me?" and "Embraceable You" and, with Willie Howard, "But Not for Me") and Ethel Merman (who sang "I Got Rhythm", "Sam and Delilah", and "Boy! What Love Has Done To Me!" ). It has been adapted twice for film, most notably in 1943 with Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. In that version, the roles played by Ginger Rogers and Ethel Merman were combined into one, played by Garland. It was revived (and heavily revised, with a completely new plot, and songs from other Gershwin shows added) in 1992 under the name Crazy for You. It features the greatest amount of hit songs by Gershwin in one Broadway show, and is the only one of the Gershwin musical comedies to be filmed more than once.
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The show opened at the Alvin Theatre on October 14, 1930 and ran for 272 performances. It was directed by Alexander Leftwich.
The pit orchestra included Glenn Miller, Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman.
The RKO Radio Pictures production was directed by William A. Seiter. The film was very unlike the stage play except for its score. The film was tailored for the comic talents of Wheeler & Woolsey, a once popular comedy team.
In 1943, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a lavish version of the stage play starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. This movie marked the final teaming of Judy and Mickey before he was drafted into the American army in World War II. It was their ninth of ten motion pictures together. This was also June Allyson\'s feature film debut.
Production began with Busby Berkeley as director, but Berkeley was fired after continued run-ins with Garland. An elaborate production number set to "I Got Rhythm" was his only major contribution to the film. Norman Taurog, who went on to direct Elvis Presley\'s notoriously corny rock and roll musicals, took over.
Girl Crazy was released on DVD for the first time as part of Warner Bros. 5-disc DVD set The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection on September 25, 2007. The set contains Girl Crazy, Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, and Strike Up the Band, as well as a fifth disc containing bonus features on Mickey and Judy. Amazon.
The bonus disc includes one number (I Got Rhythm) in stereo, although stereo tracks exist for all the film\'s musical numbers. MGM technicians transferred the original multi-channel optical film tracks to 1/4" audiotape when ordered to destroy all the elements in the early 1950s, and these surviving tracks were released on a stereo CD in 1995.
In 1965, MGM once again dusted off the property for Connie Francis, co-starring Herman\'s Hermits, Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs, Louis Armstrong, and Liberace. A number of Gershwin songs were retained, including Embraceable You, Bidin\' My Time, But Not for Me, Treat Me Rough, and I Got Rhythm.
| Busby Berkeley: Choreographer and director | |
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| Broadway (before Hollywood) | Holka Polka (chor,1925) • The Wild Rose (chor,1926) • Lady Do (chor,1927) • A Connecticut Yankee (chor,1927) • White Eagle (chor,1927) • Present Arms (chor,1928) • Earl Carroll\'s Vanities (1928) (chor,1928) • Good Boy (chor,1928) • Rainbow (chor,1928) • Hello, Daddy (chor,1928) • Pleasure Bound (chor,1929) • A Night in Venice (chor,1929) • Broadway Nights (chor,1929) • The Street Singer (dir & prod,1929) • Nine-Fifteen Revue (chor,1930) • The International Review (chor,1930) • Sweet and Low (chor,1930) |
| 1930 | Whoopee! (chor,1930) • Kiki (chor,1931) • Palmy Days (chor,1931) • Flying High (chor,1931) • Sky Devils (chor,1932) • Girl Crazy (chor,1932) • Night World (chor,1932) • Bird of Paradise (film) (chor,1932) • The Kid From Spain (chor,1932) • 42nd Street (chor,1933) • Gold Diggers of 1933 (chor,1933) • She Had To Say Yes (dir,1933) • Footlight Parade (chor,1933) • Roman Scandals (chor,1933) • Dames (dir mus nmbrs,1934) • Fashions of 1934 (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1934) • Wonder Bar (chor,1934) • Gold Diggers of 1935 (dir & chor,1935) • Bright Lights (dir,1935) • I Live For Love (dir & chor,1935) • In Caliente (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1935) • Stars Over Broadway (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1935) • Stage Struck (dir,1936) • Varsity Show (dir finale,1937) • The Singing Marine (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1937) • Gold Diggers of 1937 (dir mus nmbrs,1937) • The Go Getter (dir,1937) • Hollywood Hotel (dir & chor,1937) • Men Are Such Fools (dir,1938) • Gold Diggers in Paris (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1938) • Garden of the Moon (dir,1938) • Comet Over Broadway (dir,1938) • Broadway Serenade (dir finale,1939) • They Made Me A Criminal (dir,1939) • Fast and Furious (dir,1939) • Babes in Arms (dir,1939) • The Wizard of Oz (Scarecrow\'s dance-cut,1939) |
| 1940s | Forty Little Mothers (dir,1940) • Strike Up The Band (dir,1940) • Blonde Inspiration (dir,1941) • Lady Be Good (dir mus nmbrs,1941) • Ziegfeld Girl (dir mus nmbrs,1941) • Babes on Broadway (dir,1941) • For Me and My Gal (dir,1942) • Calling All Girls (chor & dir mus nmbrs,1942) • Born to Sing (dir finale,1942) • Cabin in the Sky (dir "Shine" seq,1943) • The Gang\'s All Here (dir & chor,1943) • Three Cheers for the Girls (chor,1943) • All Star Musical Revue (dir mus nmbrs,1945) • Cinderella Jones (dir,1946) • Romance on the High Seas (chor,1948) • Take Me Out To The Ballgame (dir,1949) |
| 1950s | Annie Get Your Gun (dir-cut,1950) • "Big Town" (dir TV series,1950) • Weeks With Love (chor,1950) • Call Me Mister (chor,1950) • Ticket to Broadway( chor,1951) • The Blue Veil (dir,1951) • Dollar Mermaid (chor,1952) • Town Girl (chor,1953) • Easy to Love (chor,1953) • Rose Marie (chor,1954) |
| 1960s | Billy Rose\'s Jumbo (chor & dir 2nd unit,1962) |
| Broadway (after Hollywood) | No, No, Nanette (prod supv,1971) |
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