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Director:
Writers:
Eleanore Griffin (story) and
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Release Date:
3 December 1937 (USA) more
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Plot:
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt... more | add synopsis
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A Fun Movie with surprising homo-erotic moments. more (8 total)

Cast

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Ronald Sinclair ... Roger Calverton

Judy Garland ... Cricket West

Mickey Rooney ... Timmie 'Tim' Donovan
C. Aubrey Smith ... Sir Peter Calverton
Sophie Tucker ... Mother 'Aunt Edie' Ralph
Forrester Harvey ... Mr. Wilkins, the Trainer
Charles D. Brown ... 'Click' Donovan
Frankie Darro ... 'Dink' Reid
Henry Kolker ... 'Doc' Godfrey
Helen Troy ... Hilda, Mother Ralph's Maid
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Runtime:
80 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Trivia:
A sequel called "Thoroughbreds Together" was to be made, but never did materialize. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the final race Frankie Darro is wearing no. 4 in the starting gate. Later in a close up he is wearing no. 7. Then at the finish he is again wearing no. 4. more
Quotes:
Jim, Racetrack Usher: Listen here, lady, I'm the usher!
Mother 'Aunt Edie' Ralph: Well go on and ush!
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Rule Britannia more

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A Fun Movie with surprising homo-erotic moments., 11 April 2006
Author: hotharlem10031 from United States

I am an old movie musical freak and I enjoyed the film very much and was really quite a bit amused by some of the homo-erotic horseplay between the butch Mickey Rooney and the patrician Ronald Sinclair, particularly when they rode the horse together, miming a rear end coupling and Mickey forcibly undressing Ronald to give his thighs and rear end an alcohol rub down. Some of my friends say it was an age of innocence and that the studio had no idea of the underlying message. But Hollywood, particularly M-G-M was hardly an innocent place and the musical production unit was headed by gay Arthur Freed and his merry group of minions, the Freed Unit. As a gay guy myself, I am glad that much of this information is finally reaching the masses so that Americans can understand the many important contributions gays have made to our great nation. Hooray for Hollywood!!!!!

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