![]() In 1959 George Oppenheimer created a "sanitized, de-politicized rewrite" which is now the most frequently performed version. The original version had strong political overtones with discussions of Nietzsche, a Communist character, and two African-American youths who are victims of racism. The film is credited with popularizing the "kids putting on a musical for charity" trope. Its radically revised plot retained only two songs from the original stage version-"Where or When" and "Babes in Arms". The film version, released in 1939, starred Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney and was directed by Busby Berkeley. ![]() Several songs in Babes in Arms became pop standards, including the title song, " Where or When", " My Funny Valentine", " The Lady Is a Tramp", " Johnny One Note" and " I Wish I Were in Love Again". ![]() It concerns a group of small-town Long Island teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm by the town sheriff when their actor parents go on the road for five months in an effort to earn some money by reviving vaudeville. Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart. ![]()
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