Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)

Director:

Alfred E. Green

Writers:

Eleanore Griffin (story) and
J. Walter Ruben (story) ...

Release Date:

3 December 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Musical

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...

Plot Keywords:

Jockey | Horse | English | Heart Attack | Farce

Cast

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

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #3824)

Filming Locations:

Santa Anita Park - 285 West Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

A sequel called "Thoroughbreds Together" was to be made, but never did materialize.

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.

Quotes:

Jim, Racetrack Usher: Listen here, lady, I'm the usher!
Mother 'Aunt Edie' Ralph: Well go on and ush!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Rule Britannia

A Fun Movie with surprising homo-erotic moments.

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!!!!!