Judy garland, JUST before wizard of oz. 14 year old fred bartholomew. Some other HUGE names as well.. mary astor, walter pidgeon, alan hale senior, gene lockhart. Buzz and pinkie (back when everyone had a wacky nickname) plot to keep her mother (astor) from getting remarried. Little brother bill keeps getting caught up in their schemes. But if i yelled and screamed like that, my mother would have walloped me. That shrill, high pitched voice gets on your nerves after a while. Clearly, this is aimed at a younger audience. The story line isn't so important, but its great to see all those giants of hollywood history in one film. And we get to hear miss judy sing a couple songs that aren't over the rainbow. It's silly but good! Directed by ed marin. He directed a pretty wide selection of films, including a couple of the Maisies. Died young at 52. Scott becket (plays little brother bill) died at 38 from an overdose. And of course, miss judy died at 47. Mary astor would win her oscar for great lie, and make a couple films with bogart. Pidgeon was nominated for two films in the 1940s. With everything that alan hale senior did, how did he NOT win a lifetime achievement oscar?? Sadly he also died young at 57.
Review of Listen, Darling
