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Release Date:
September 27, 1940
Original Title:
Strike Up the Band
Alternate Titles:
En Avant la Musique
Vi jazzkungar
Genres:
Comedy | Music | Romance
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 120
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Assistant Director:
William Ryan
Director:
Busby Berkeley
Director of Photography:
Ray June
Lyricist:
Ira Gershwin
Original Music Composer:
George Gershwin
Producer:
Arthur Freed
Screenplay:
Fred F. Finklehoffe
John Monks Jr.
Set Decoration:
Edwin B. Willis
Songs:
George Gershwin
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