Watch Strike Up the Band (1940) Free Online

Release Date: 1940

Cast: George Lessey, Virginia Brissac, June Preisser, Judy Garland, Howard C. Hickman, Mickey Rooney, Larry Nunn, Margaret Early, Paul Whiteman, Anne Shoemaker, William Tracy, Sarah Edwards ...MORE

Cast: George Lessey, Virginia Brissac, June Preisser, Judy Garland, Howard C. Hickman, Mickey Rooney, Larry Nunn, Margaret Early, Paul Whiteman, Anne Shoemaker, William Tracy, Sarah Edwards, Francis Pierlot, Enid Bennett ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Musical Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Drama Film, Romance Film, Musical, Comedy

Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American black and white musical film. It is directed by Busby Berkeley and stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. A very famous, memorable quote from the film is "Take that boy on the street. Teach him to blow a horn and he'll never blow a safe.", spoken by Paul Whiteman. As well as being commercially released as a VHS in its own right, it was also released on 25 September 2007 by Warner Home Video in a film package entitled: The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection. This collection included the films Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, Girl Crazy and Strike... MORE

Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American black and white musical film. It is directed by Busby Berkeley and stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. A very famous, memorable quote from the film is "Take that boy on the street. Teach him to blow a horn and he'll never blow a safe.", spoken by Paul Whiteman. As well as being commercially released as a VHS in its own right, it was also released on 25 September 2007 by Warner Home Video in a film package entitled: The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection. This collection included the films Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, Girl Crazy and Strike Up the Band. The original taglines for the film were: "THEIR SUNNIEST, FUNNIEST, DOWN-TO-MIRTHIEST HIT!, IT BEATS THE BAND!, Melodious with WHITEMAN'S BAND and The merriest pair on the screen in a great new musical show! In keeping with MGM's practice of the time, the film soundtrack was recorded in stereophonic sound but released with conventional monaural sound. At least some of the original stereo recording has survived and been included in some home video releases, including the Mickey Rooney - Judy Garland Collection. In 1941, the year after the film was released, the film was nominated for LESS