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June Preisser holds Mickey Rooney's arm while Judy Garland stands to the right, all in costume, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940). Mickey Rooney sits at a piano smiling up at Judy Garland, who stands beside him in a dress, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940).
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Strike Up the Band

film by Berkeley [1940]
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June Preisser holds Mickey Rooney's arm while Judy Garland stands to the right, all in costume, in a scene from Strike Up the Band (1940).
Strike Up the Band (From left) June Preisser, Mickey Rooney, and Judy Garland in Strike Up the Band (1940), directed by Busby Berkeley.

Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American musical film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and featuring musical numbers staged by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland as high school students whose band competes in a nationwide radio contest organized by bandleader Paul Whiteman. Berkeley, known for his innovative camera techniques and elaborate dance formations, revolutionized the musical genre during the Great Depression era. While Strike Up the Band was part of a successful series of Rooney-Garland vehicles, Berkeley's later work became less extravagant.12

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